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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 Sloane see above them?

2. What happens to Teresa Gonzales?

3. Why is it so important for Nora to find the fabled city?

4. How did Nora's father sometimes mark his trail?

5. After a preliminary survey of the city of Quivira was completed, what structure did the group assemble and get ready to enter?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does John Beiyoodzin call the people responsible for killing the expedition's horses?

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

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

6. What items are unusual in the cliff dwelling?

7. How does Nora want to fund the expedition to follow in her father's footsteps to Quivira?

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

9. What distracts Goddard during his meeting with Nora?

10. What does Aragon accuse Black of?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay on the life of a potherd hunter. Should someone in this field of study have a family or children? Is it natural for the family to resent the constant disappearances that this kind of work might involve? Could this be resolved by giving the family a more active role or including them in some of the expeditions? Could they be used as an educational or bonding tool?

Essay Topic 2

With all that has been revealed so far, choose which truth is behind the city and its inhabitants. One theory is that an earthquake released a toxic spore from the earth and either killed or drove out the inhabitants. The other theory argues the possibility that with the amount of corpse powder being produced and used, an earthquake may have released it on an unsuspecting population, killing many and driving the rest out. Support your choice with facts taken from the book.

Essay Topic 3

Two characters begin timidly but redeem themselves. Who are they? Naming each, explain why they are reluctant heroes and then describe the acts of courage that occur. How does their lives changes as a direct result of that heroism? In each case, putting yourself in that character's shoes, could you have risen to the occasion? Why or why not?

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