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

2. Where did the lightning stones come from?
(a) The Great Sun Kiva.
(b) The Anasazi river bed.
(c) The Keet Seel's great Kiva.
(d) The Keet Moon Kiva.

3. What does Beiyoodzin tell them about the valley of Chilbah?
(a) His people are always exploring there and looking for witches.
(b) None of the above.
(c) Their medicine man collects plants there and gets knowledge from the witches.
(d) His people refuse to go there and the city was once a place of witchcraft.

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

5. What do they find in the cave?
(a) A map.
(b) An explorer.
(c) A pictogram.
(d) A skull.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is that his first assignment?

2. What about Smithback's arrival bothers Nora?

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

4. What is the life force called?

5. What is soon obvious about Nora's relationship with Sloane?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What kind of gear was placed atop the rim of the canyon, way above Quivira and what was its purpose?

4. Who does Nora meet in Chapter 12?

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

6. What is Zero Site Trauma and why is it important?

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

8. 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?

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

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

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