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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 is the last thing Black realizes?

2. What is the first thing Nora learns from Sloane when they return?

3. When Sloane finally turns back to Black, what does she realize?

4. What has Swire been trying to write?

5. What does Sloane do instead of getting medicine for Black?

Short Essay Questions

1. What two things do the skinwalkers do when they go into Chilbah valley in Chapter 36?

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

3. What do the designs on the black on yellow micaceous pottery reveal?

4. How do Smithback and Nora escape?

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

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

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

8. How does Black justify his omission when the flash flood comes?

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

10. What surprises Sloane after she kills the skinwalker that chases her and Nora up the tower ladders?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Throughout the story, there are examples of forces of good and evil. What are they? Categorize first the good and then the evil, by name and by deed or many deeds. How do they balance out? How does that compare with real life and the forces of good and evil? (Use your own life as a gauge.)

Essay Topic 2

There is a way of life that is part of the Quivira people and carries through to the Nankoweap tribe. The ceremony consistent with both deals with the seasons and the land. Describe the way of life / belief system that is consistent with both of these peoples. What evidence is discovered in Quivira that would lead the reader to the conclusion that they also practiced this belief structure? How was it displayed?

Essay Topic 3

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.

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