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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. Why had the Anasazi built the tower?

2. What does Nora do after making sure that Bill is okay?

3. Who assumes command after Nora and Bill leave the city of Quivira?

4. What thought horrifies Nora after the skinwalker and Sloane tumble down to their deaths?

5. What does Black discovery while getting ready to leave Quivira?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What discovery does Black make, and how is it discovered?

4. How does the flash flood announce itself?

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

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

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

8. How does Sloane test Nora's authority yet again?

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

10. Who argues with Sloane's decision to open the Sun Kiva?

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

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

In Chapter 31, Aragon has spends the entire night going over the bones that they found in the crawlspace. His revelations are disturbing at the very least and uncover some conflicting observations. Why does it make Nora and Aragon nervous? After an entire night absorbed in the task of understanding the bones and their history, how does he believe they connect to the skull found in Anasazi cave they explored before finding Quivira? What is the overall significance of this find?

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