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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Swire arrives in haste to give Nora what information?
(a) He is ready to go right away.
(b) Someone has mutilated Peter's corpse.
(c) Someone killed more horses.
(d) Someone took the remaining horses.

2. What thought horrifies Nora after the skinwalker and Sloane tumble down to their deaths?
(a) That she is the only one left alive.
(b) The fact that two skinwalkers had attacked her and one was still loose in Quivira.
(c) That she can't get down.
(d) That Bill is unprotected.

3. What has Swire been trying to write?
(a) A complaint letter.
(b) A eulogy to Hurricane Deck.
(c) A list of infractions committed by Sloane.
(d) A letter of condolence to Skip.

4. What is the sun disk made of?
(a) Yellow stain.
(b) Paint mixed with mica and then polished.
(c) Gold.
(d) Brushed gold.

5. What does Bill do when Nora confesses her intentions?
(a) He tries to warn Nora.
(b) He tries to wrestle with her.
(c) He gives up.
(d) He tries to take her gun.

6. Who assumes command after Nora and Bill leave the city of Quivira?
(a) Peter Holroyd
(b) Sloane Goddard
(c) Roscoe Swire
(d) Aaron Black

7. What is John's last act of kindness to Nora?
(a) He gives her a piece of pottery.
(b) He sees her back to the marina at Page.
(c) He takes her to his village.
(d) He takes her and Skip and Bill to her father's final resting place.

8. What do Nora and Sloane argue about?
(a) Who is at fault for Peter's death.
(b) Whether or not to leave.
(c) Who should continue to lead the expedition.
(d) All of the above.

9. What does Sloane confess in the tower?
(a) That she and Black saw the storm coming.
(b) That she wanted to shoot her.
(c) That she was involved with Black.
(d) That she was fearful.

10. What treatment does he require and not have with him?
(a) Antibiotics.
(b) Antihistamine.
(c) None of the above.
(d) Antifungals.

11. How does Nora feel when Black tells her about the Sun Kiva find?
(a) Angry that he opened it.
(b) Cautiously optimistic.
(c) Elated and excited.
(d) Confident and curious.

12. What does Nora want Black to do?
(a) Pack up the food for Bonarotti.
(b) Help Smithback take down tents.
(c) Take the first load through the canyon.
(d) Climb to the rim for a weather report.

13. Who is washed away with the water?
(a) Aragon.
(b) Nora.
(c) Beiyoodzin.
(d) Smithback.

14. What do they realize about the seal that they expose?
(a) The seal is thousands of years old.
(b) The seal is damaged.
(c) The seal is made of gold.
(d) That someone had been there before them.

15. What does Sloane do instead of getting medicine for Black?
(a) She looks for Swire.
(b) She waits with a gun for Nora in Bill's tent.
(c) She makes coffee.
(d) She looks for Bonarotti.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Nora notice about Sloane when she runs into her coming down the ladder from the city?

2. What secret was Peter keeping to himself about Nora?

3. What does Nora realize as she berates her for entering the Kiva?

4. What does Nora do after making sure that Bill is okay?

5. What bothers Beiyoodzin?

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