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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 does Sloane see above them?
(a) An airplane.
(b) An eagle.
(c) A village.
(d) A cliff dwelling.

2. How do the team members get to the beach with the horses?
(a) They clear the debris.
(b) They turn back.
(c) They are dropped by helicopter.
(d) They swim.

3. What concessions does Nora ask for?
(a) She asks for a raise, a press conference to announce the trip, and a new horse.
(b) She leads the expedition, it be kept secret and that Goddard allows Skip to work in her department while she is gone.
(c) That Goddard forgive her other work, hold a press conference, and hire the best archeologist to go.
(d) She wants a promotion and a press conference announcing her findings.

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

5. Who else does Nora insist accompany the expedition?
(a) Her own handpicked crew.
(b) The Anasazi chieftain.
(c) Her brother, Skip.
(d) JPL technician Peter Holroyd.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Quivira fabled to be made of?

2. What interrupts Skips work on the first day?

3. Who are his people?

4. How does Nora plan to get the horses to the head of Serpentine Canyon?

5. Who kills the rattler that threatens them?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What items are unusual in the cliff dwelling?

3. What did the pictographs on the back walls depict?

4. What distracts Goddard during his meeting with Nora?

5. 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?

6. What tradition did Nora's father follow from other early explorers such as Frank Wetherill?

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

8. After Teresa's attack and murder, what had happened to her?

9. What was the problem with Holroyd's map?

10. Who does Nora meet in Chapter 12?

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