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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Vines supported another candidate for sheriff who beat Sena, how long was Sena out of office?
(a) Two terms.
(b) One term.
(c) Three terms.
(d) Four terms.

2. What is Colton Wolf's hobby?
(a) Building model trains.
(b) Building model planes.
(c) Building model cars.
(d) Building model ships.

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

4. What does the word "Dinee" mean?
(a) Friend.
(b) Dinner.
(c) Money.
(d) People.

5. How much is the check that Chee is given for his trouble regarding the box?
(a) $300.
(b) $200.
(c) $100.
(d) $400.

6. How does the bacteriologist characterize the parking lot she has been watching for several years from her lab's window?
(a) Even.
(b) Harried.
(c) Competitive.
(d) Stressful.

7. When Rosemary hires Chee to find the missing box, where is B.J. Vines?
(a) Houston.
(b) Fort Worth.
(c) Dallas.
(d) Albuquerque.

8. When Rosemary Vines first moved to the Vines' home, who was the foreman of the ranch?
(a) Dillon Charley.
(b) Marcus Colby.
(c) Gordo Sena.
(d) Curtis Russell.

9. According to rumor, what was Sena's mother planning to leave to Sena's older brother?
(a) The car.
(b) The jewelry.
(c) The money.
(d) The ranch.

10. What is the name of the clan to which Chee belongs?
(a) The Slow Walking Dinee.
(b) The Fast Walking Dinee.
(c) The Slow Talking Dinee.
(d) The Fast Talking Dinee.

11. Where does Captain Leaphorn work?
(a) At the Warrick substation.
(b) At the Grants substation.
(c) At the Checkers substation.
(d) At the Chinle substation.

12. As Chapter 8 opens, what is Colton Wolf doing?
(a) Ordering take-out.
(b) Cooking breakfast.
(c) Reading his mail.
(d) Studying maps.

13. At the beginning of Chapter 8 as Colton Wolf waits, from whom does Wolf receive a letter?
(a) The association president.
(b) A private investigator.
(c) The sheriff.
(d) A restaurant owner.

14. How much additional money does Rosemary Vines offer to pay Chee when he returns the missing box?
(a) $1,500.
(b) $2,500.
(c) $2,000.
(d) $1,000.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. With the exception of B.J. Vines, who is the only other person to have ever looked inside the missing box?

2. When Wolf makes a cautious phone call, how does the person answering the phone identify himself?

3. How does Chee's predecessor characterize Dillon Charley's son?

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

5. To whom does Colton Wolf talk at the hospital to confirm the information he received during the cautious phone call?

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