View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Peter find the road Nora is seeking?
(a) He looks for wear patterns.
(b) He searches for wagon ruts.
(c) None of the above.
(d) He looks for charcoal.

2. What does Sloane tell Nora the next morning?
(a) That she wants to return to the group.
(b) That Quivira isn't there.
(c) That she is bored.
(d) That she wants to quit.

3. How does Nora verify their location in the canyon?
(a) By relying on maps.
(b) By memory.
(c) By aerial reconnaissance.
(d) By GPS.

4. What are the marks left by the life force when it enters the body?
(a) Spots that are darker than elsewhere.
(b) Freckles in a specific pattern.
(c) Ripples on the fingers, toes, and back of the head.
(d) Moons on the finger and toe nails.

5. When Nora and Sloane emerge from the canyon, what are they searching for?
(a) Nora's father.
(b) The way out.
(c) The way back.
(d) The hand and toe trail to Quivira.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to Hurricane Deck, Beetlebum and Fiddlehead?

2. What concessions does Nora ask for?

3. What does Sloane find at the campsite?

4. What does Aragon do for the first time since the fire circle?

5. Who else does Nora insist accompany the expedition?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where is Quivira in relation to the bench that Sloane and Nora climb to?

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

3. What is the cosmography that still runs through most present day southwestern Native American religions?

4. What is so important about the letter Nora finds from her father?

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

6. What happens to Teresa Gozales and why?

7. What distracts Goddard during his meeting with Nora?

8. What about Sloane's arrival bothers Nora?

9. How does Skip suggest Nora find the road their father claims in his letter to have followed?

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

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 851 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample