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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 Black discover behind the second seal?

2. What phrase repeats itself over and over in Black's mind?

3. What is John's last act of kindness to Nora?

4. What does Nora realize as she berates her for entering the Kiva?

5. Where are Black, Sloane, Swire and Bonarotti when the flash flood hits?

Short Essay Questions

1. Sloane and Nora clash yet again. Why this time, and what is the outcome?

2. What does Black think of Sloane's behavior as the flood waters rage?

3. What happens to Roscoe after the rest of the group heads for the Kiva opening?

4. How does the rescue effort manifest itself at the marina in Page?

5. Who does Skip go to for help and why?

6. Bonarotti sits outside after breaking through the seals to the Sun Kiva to have a cigarette and has trouble remembering what?

7. What does John do after he saves Nora and Bill?

8. What had Sloane's father surmised regarding the few small shards of black on yellow micaceous pottery he had been able to study?

9. What does Sloane conceal from Nora and how does Black react?

10. How do Nora and Bill get out of the slot canyon after regaining consciousness?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

In several instances, there are deaths that can be attributed to wolfskin runners or skinwalkers. They are referred to as witches by the natives, and feared by all. What other names are they given and why?

Part one: Name the different places and occasions where the skinwalkers have asserted themselves. What behaviors can be attributed to their specific brand of witchcraft? What displays were created by them?

Part two: What are the prerequisites to becoming a skinwalker? What rituals are necessary, and what items are collected for future use by the skinwalkers?

Part three: What is the purpose or objectives of the skinwalkers? What are they trying to accomplish?

Essay Topic 3

The attack on Nora is made by creatures who are interested in only one thing. They are seeking a letter. What about this letter is so important? How is it that the contents of this letter could bring about the kind of attack Nora faced? Without interruption from Teresa, how might the outcome of this attack been different? Why did the creatures seem to give up so easily when Teresa showed up?

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