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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 do reverse spirals signify?
(a) They were just graffiti.
(b) They were going the wrong way.
(c) Time ran backwards.
(d) Someone felt witches resided there.

2. What does Skip find out about his brakes?
(a) That the brake fluid leaked out under the car.
(b) That the mechanic failed to do his job.
(c) That someone cut the lines.
(d) That someone drained them deliberately.

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

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

5. What helps Skip in his identifications?
(a) His years in school.
(b) His previous time spent with his father.
(c) His computer.
(d) His sister's education.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the condition that Goddard attaches?

2. How do the team members get to the beach with the horses?

3. What happens to Teresa Gonzales?

4. How does Dr. Blakewood react to Nora's idea for the expedition?

5. How did Nora's father sometimes mark his trail?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who does Nora meet in Chapter 12?

2. What does Aragon accuse Black of?

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

4. What does Dr. Blakewood want Nora to do when she tells him about her father's letter?

5. Why does John leave Nora and Bill so suddenly?

6. Who is still missing from the group when Nora arrives at the meeting place?

7. What about Sloane's arrival bothers Nora?

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

9. What two incidents in Chapters 1 through 8 suggest to the reader some kind of witchcraft or demonic forces are at work behind the scenes?

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

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