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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 he call the valley that Quivira is located in?

2. How many towers were there?

3. When Nora and Sloane emerge from the canyon, what are they searching for?

4. Who does Smithback toast?

5. What about Smithback's arrival bothers Nora?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Who does Nora meet in Chapter 12?

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

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

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

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

8. What circumstances surrounding the GPS are a problem and why?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Black and Sloane both report the day's weather as being clear for the day when they have both witnessed evidence to the contrary. Each has different reasons for their omission. Explain them. Why is Sloane so determined to stay? What motivates Black's behavior? It is easy to see that neither is motivated solely by the desire to explore the Kiva, so what is the common factor that is behind their omission? (Nora is motivated by the same desire when she is determined to leave but each has different focal points)

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

As part of the deal that Dr. Goddard makes with Nora, his daughter Sloane is to be allowed to join the expedition. What is Nora's first impression of Sloane? What motivates Dr. Goddard to insist that she attend? What is his agenda? What conclusions can be drawn about his intentions based on his history, and through him, Sloane's intentions? What specific passages support your conclusions.

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