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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. Who saves Nora Kelly from her attacker at the old family ranch?

2. Who are his people?

3. What about Smithback's arrival bothers Nora?

4. How big was the diameter of Great Kiva?

5. What is unusual about the cave?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What incidents cause tensions to flare between Nora and Sloane?

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

6. Who does Nora meet in Chapter 12?

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

8. Why does Nora discover only a single moqui step?

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

10. What distracts Goddard during his meeting with Nora?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In the early chapters of the book, Nora has a distinct disdain for Bill. She mentally puts him down and is openly sarcastic and either unresponsive or her responses to him are negatively charged. This changes dramatically by the end of the book as he wins her trust and her heart. How did he lose it to begin with? What single event almost kept him single? What was the turning point? How did he finally change her mind about him? This was an issue that involved a confrontation, a revelation, and an act of selflessness. Be sure to name them all.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Aragon comes to the conclusion that it is likely that they Aztecs or their Toltec predecessors invaded the Anasazi civilization at Quivira sometime around A.D. 950. When that happened, everything changed. How did the Toltecs present themselves to the Anasazi peoples? What was the result of their influence on the Anasazi? How is Aragon able to establish these facts? What is the science that he uses to back up his suppositions?

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