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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did the lightning stones come from?
(a) The Great Sun Kiva.
(b) The Keet Seel's great Kiva.
(c) The Keet Moon Kiva.
(d) The Anasazi river bed.

2. 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) None of the above.
(d) Intercede with Dr. Blakewood on her behalf.

3. Who greets Skip when he arrives late?
(a) Sonya Rowling.
(b) Dr. Goddard.
(c) Peter Holroyd.
(d) Dr. Blakewood.

4. Why did the Detective want to talk to Skip?
(a) To discuss the death of Teresa in their farmhouse.
(b) To discuss Skip's last employer.
(c) To discuss Nora's missing dog.
(d) To discuss Nora's break in.

5. How do the Asaszi's destroy their roads so they can't be found?
(a) They fall trees.
(b) They flood them.
(c) All of the above.
(d) They use brush.

6. How does Nora verify their location in the canyon?
(a) By GPS.
(b) By aerial reconnaissance.
(c) By memory.
(d) By relying on maps.

7. Who saves Nora Kelly from her attacker at the old family ranch?
(a) Their neighbor, Teresa Gonzalez.
(b) Dr. Blakewood.
(c) Her brother Skip.
(d) Peter Holroyd.

8. How big was the diameter of Great Kiva?
(a) One hundred feet.
(b) Twenty five feet.
(c) Fifty feet.
(d) Sixty feet.

9. What does Sloane reveal to Nora about her relationship with her father?
(a) That he abused her.
(b) That he cheated on her mother.
(c) None of the above.
(d) That he never said he loved her.

10. How does Sloane Goddard arrive and when?
(a) By plane at the beach.
(b) By boat at the dock.
(c) By car at the marina.
(d) By horse at the mesa.

11. Who is the paleopathologist and medical doctor on the expedition?
(a) Aaron Black
(b) Peter Holroyd
(c) Enrique Aragon
(d) Dr. Blakewood

12. Who is Thurber?
(a) Nora's dog.
(b) Nora's girl friend.
(c) Nora's boyfriend.
(d) Skip's best friend.

13. What is Peter concerned can cause brain damage?
(a) Mushrooms.
(b) Mesquite flowers.
(c) Too much desert sun.
(d) Datura flowers.

14. What is missing from Nora's home?
(a) All of her electronics.
(b) Her television and her laptop.
(c) Her dog and her hairbrush.
(d) Her jar of mad money.

15. How many rooms does Nora estimate are in the city of Quivira?
(a) Two hundred at most.
(b) Four hundred exactly.
(c) Six hundred at least.
(d) Fifty at best.

Short Answer Questions

1. What fabled city is Nora seeking?

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

3. What makes Nora stop, tie the horses up and continue on foot?

4. What does Peter want in return?

5. What about Smithback's arrival bothers Nora?

(see the answer keys)

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