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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 5-7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whose tombstone stands just off from the Vines' garage?
(a) Emerson Charley.
(b) Benjamin Vines.
(c) Sarah Vines.
(d) Dillon Charley.

2. How does Chee's predecessor characterize Dillon Charley's son?
(a) Mean-spirited.
(b) Crazy.
(c) Loving.
(d) Struggling.

3. For what agency does the bacteriologist at the beginning of the novel work?
(a) Centers for Disease Control.
(b) Cancer Research and Treatment Center.
(c) National Institutes of Health.
(d) St. Jude's Research Hospital

4. About when did the explosion at the oil well occur?
(a) 1957.
(b) 1947.
(c) 1977.
(d) 1967.

5. As Chee talks with Rosemary, why is B.J. Vines in a hospital?
(a) Stroke.
(b) Cancer.
(c) Fever.
(d) Poison.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the tombstone, when had the person died?

2. What does Vines tell Chee to do with his check if Chee can't accept it?

3. What is the name of the local sheriff?

4. Who placed the peyote chief under arrest after the oil well explosion?

5. According to what Chee is told by his caller, who does the caller believe is responsible for taking the missing box?

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