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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. Who is the geochronologist on the expedition?
(a) Sloane Goddard
(b) Aaron Black.
(c) Dr. Blakewood
(d) Skip Kelly

2. What happens to Teresa Gonzales?
(a) She is kidnapped.
(b) She is attacked searching the Kelly farmhouse.
(c) She gets married.
(d) She is attacked in her living room.

3. What is the first task Skip is given?
(a) Anasazi arrowheads.
(b) Anasazi potsherds.
(c) Ponderosa Draw potsherds.
(d) Incan manuscripts.

4. What does Aragon do for the first time since the fire circle?
(a) He hugs her.
(b) He laughs.
(c) He smiles.
(d) He cries.

5. Who is the wrangler hired by Goddard?
(a) Roscoe Swire.
(b) Rudolph Spire.
(c) Rusty Squire.
(d) Randy Slyer.

Short Answer Questions

1. What impedes the barge from making it to the beach?

2. Who suggests Nora call Cal Tech?

3. Who does Smithback write for?

4. What does Skip go back to the old farmhouse for?

5. What concessions does Nora ask for?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Nora have a hard time with the one condition that Dr. Goddard imposes?

2. What about Sloane's arrival bothers Nora?

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

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

5. Why was the ridge Nora was seeking called the Devil's Backbone?

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

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

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

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

10. How does John tell them that a person becomes a witch?

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