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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Aragon believe in that is made light of by some of the others?

2. Who suggests Nora call Cal Tech?

3. What does he call the valley that Quivira is located in?

4. What three things did the Detective ask of Skip?

5. What does Nora ask Skip to bring into work with him?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What about Sloane's arrival bothers Nora?

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

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

7. What does Aragon accuse Black of?

8. What items are unusual in the cliff dwelling?

9. Who is still missing at the start of the expedition and what decision is Nora faced with?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Skip Kelly is given work as part of Nora's deal with Dr. Goddard. Earlier, first impressions were discussed.

Part one: What first impression does Skip give? How is that in direct opposition to his actual character? What acts or actions define him throughout this story, and what are the differences between the character he reveals on first impression vs the character that he actually is?

Part two: What first impression do you think you give? How is that in opposition with who you believe yourself to be inside (if at all)? What is the reason for the discrepancy between the two?

Essay Topic 2

The discovery of the first Kiva is significant. While it appears to be the main Kiva, what evidence supports a different conclusion? How does what they already know about the Anasazi people tie into that conclusion? What can the reader infer from this point and which observations are made and by whom that support or lean in that direction?

Essay Topic 3

When the creatures who attacked Nora at the farmhouse leave, they go to her apartment instead. What is it that they are looking for? It is obviously not the letter they asked her for, and the letter has no relationship to the items they did take. What could their motives be? What impression does the reader get about the motives of these creatures now?

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