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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the life force called?
(a) Wind, or liehei.
(b) Earth, or calhei.
(c) Rain, or waihei.
(d) Sun, or seihei.

2. Who did Nora assign to track those responsible for what happened to the horses?
(a) Sloane and Aragon.
(b) Herself and Swire.
(c) Herself and Smithback who volunteers.
(d) Swire and Sloane.

3. After a preliminary survey of the city of Quivira was completed, what structure did the group assemble and get ready to enter?
(a) The Sun Room.
(b) The Moon Room.
(c) The Planetarium.
(d) The Great Kiva.

4. What does Swire do to the two horses that Nora and Smithback take?
(a) He grooms them.
(b) He feeds them.
(c) He removes their shoes.
(d) He waters them.

5. Why is it so important for Nora to find the fabled city?
(a) To clear her father's name and reputation.
(b) To find the gold and be rich.
(c) To become famous.
(d) To prove it exists.

Short Answer Questions

1. What fabled city is Nora seeking?

2. Who does Smithback write for?

3. After finding and climbing the collapsed trail, what intact feature do they find?

4. What do they find in the cave?

5. How does Peter find the road Nora is seeking?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Nora want to fund the expedition to follow in her father's footsteps to Quivira?

2. What does Aragon tell the rest about the bones that were found in the crawlspace?

3. What does John Beiyoodzin call the people responsible for killing the expedition's horses?

4. Why did Nora Kelly's mother have such a low opinion of her husband, Padraic?

5. According to what Skip told the Detective, why hadn't Nora filed a report following her attack at the farmhouse?

6. Skip went back to the farmhouse and picked up Teddy Bear after Teresa's death. Why did he do this, and what happened afterwards?

7. What about Sloane's arrival bothers Nora?

8. Why does Nora ask that the expedition be kept a secret?

9. Why does Nora believe Smithback almost ruined everything, and as such, still harbor some resentment towards him?

10. What happens to Teresa Gozales and why?

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