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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Beiyoodzin tell them about the valley of Chilbah?
(a) None of the above.
(b) His people are always exploring there and looking for witches.
(c) Their medicine man collects plants there and gets knowledge from the witches.
(d) His people refuse to go there and the city was once a place of witchcraft.

2. What does Skip go back to the old farmhouse for?
(a) To pick up Teddy Bear.
(b) To deliver his condolences.
(c) To clean up before Nora returns.
(d) To see where Teresa died.

3. Who else does Nora insist accompany the expedition?
(a) JPL technician Peter Holroyd.
(b) Her brother, Skip.
(c) The Anasazi chieftain.
(d) Her own handpicked crew.

4. What about Smithback's arrival bothers Nora?
(a) His criticism of her.
(b) His manner of dress.
(c) His apparent desire for publicity.
(d) His attitude towards her.

5. What does Peter agree to do for Nora?
(a) Use the computer at Cal Tech to help her find the road her father describes.
(b) Put in a good word/reference for employment at Cal Tech.
(c) Intercede with Dr. Blakewood on her behalf.
(d) None of the above.

6. Where does Nora Kelly work?
(a) The Santa Fe Achaeological Institute.
(b) Museum of Natural History.
(c) Jet Propulsion Lab.
(d) Cal Tech.

7. What does Sloane see above them?
(a) An eagle.
(b) A village.
(c) A cliff dwelling.
(d) An airplane.

8. What is Nora's middle name?
(a) Marie.
(b) Susanne.
(c) Karen.
(d) Waterford.

9. What does Nora ask Dr. Blakewood for permission to do?
(a) Hold a press conference.
(b) Fund the expedition to find Quivira.
(c) Use radar technology to broaden her search.
(d) Display her new potherd collection.

10. How many towers were there?
(a) Three.
(b) Four.
(c) Six.
(d) Two.

11. How does Skip surprise Sonya?
(a) By correctly identifying a shard that is Chuska Wide Banded.
(b) By getting everything wrong.
(c) By dressing for success.
(d) By asking her out.

12. What does the figure in the cave chant?
(a) Burn, burn, burn.
(b) Nora, Nora, Nora.
(c) Die, die, die.
(d) Kelly, Kelly, Kelly.

13. What does JPL stand for?
(a) James Pedersen Locomotion
(b) Jeffrey Printing Logistics
(c) Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
(d) Jacob Plonk's Library

14. When Nora and Sloane emerge from the canyon, what are they searching for?
(a) The way out.
(b) Nora's father.
(c) The hand and toe trail to Quivira.
(d) The way back.

15. Who is the geochronologist on the expedition?
(a) Aaron Black.
(b) Skip Kelly
(c) Dr. Blakewood
(d) Sloane Goddard

Short Answer Questions

1. What were the petroglyphs that Nora found on the cliff face?

2. What does Aragon believe in that is made light of by some of the others?

3. What is soon obvious about Nora's relationship with Sloane?

4. What are the names of the two black on white shards Sonya takes out first?

5. What concessions does Nora ask for?

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