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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did the expedition have to hurry out of the slot canyon?
(a) To keep the group alive.
(b) To avoid being trapped by rising water.
(c) All of the above.
(d) To avoid the skinwalkers.

2. When Sloane finds Bill, what does she tell him?
(a) That Black is sick.
(b) That she is looking for Swire.
(c) That she is hungry.
(d) That she plans to kill Nora.

3. What scent alerts Nora to imminent danger?
(a) Wet fur.
(b) Daturas.
(c) Cedar smoke.
(d) Morning glories.

4. How large was the disk on the Kiva?
(a) Six feet in diameter.
(b) Five feet in diameter.
(c) Twelve feet in diameter.
(d) Ten feet in diameter.

5. What is Nora's first indication of a flash flood?
(a) An increasing breeze.
(b) Sound of water.
(c) Thunder.
(d) Sight of water.

6. Where are Black, Sloane, Swire and Bonarotti when the flash flood hits?
(a) Exploring the Kiva.
(b) Sitting on the retaining wall at Quivira.
(c) Sitting by their gear in camp,
(d) Caught in the flood waters.

7. How does Black justify his behavior to himself?
(a) Sloane's complicity.
(b) Greed for recognition.
(c) His survival.
(d) The clear weather report.

8. How long after a clear weather report was given by Sloane did the flash flood hit?
(a) Thirty five minutes.
(b) Twenty minutes.
(c) Ninety minutes.
(d) Two hours.

9. What is Briggs informed of when he calls for information?
(a) There is a storm.
(b) There is a massacre.
(c) There is a flood.
(d) A massive rescue operation is under way.

10. What does Aragon believe killed Peter?
(a) Bad water.
(b) A poison.
(c) A fungus in the soil.
(d) A virus.

11. How does Swire respond to Sloane's suggestion that they document the Sun Kiva?
(a) He helps to set up tents.
(b) He reminds Sloane that Nora fired her and accuses her.
(c) He asks how he can help.
(d) He agrees with her.

12. What does Nora see on Smithback when she regains consciousness?
(a) He is searching for a way out.
(b) His back is lacerated from shielding her.
(c) He body is barely recognizable.
(d) He is dead and gone.

13. What did Sloane discover in the Kiva that was so magnificent to her?
(a) Figurines.
(b) Drawings on the wall.
(c) Black on yellow micaceous pottery.
(d) Gold and silver.

14. What does Enrique believe may have killed Peter?
(a) Heart failure.
(b) Seizure.
(c) Poison.
(d) Pneumonia.

15. What is Beiyoodzin looking for?
(a) The Priests Trail.
(b) Nora and Bill's tracks.
(c) The slot canyon trail.
(d) Swire's horses.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the helicopter unload?

2. What does Nora accuse her of?

3. What does Nora use against the final skinwalker?

4. What does Nora believe the skinwalkers fear?

5. Who is washed away with the water?

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