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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At the time of the explosion, who was the peyote chief?
(a) Emerson Charley.
(b) B.J. Vines.
(c) Dillon Charley.
(d) Tomas Charley.

2. For how much money did B.J. Vines sell the rights to his uranium find to Anaconda?
(a) Ten million dollars.
(b) Two million dollars.
(c) Six million dollars.
(d) Eight million dollars.

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

4. According to what Rosemary Vines tells Chee, how did Dillon Charley die?
(a) Stroke.
(b) Cancer.
(c) Drowning.
(d) Poison.

5. According to the rumor Chee heard, who had designed the Vines' home?
(a) Carlo Scarpa.
(b) Alvar Aalto.
(c) Albert Kahn.
(d) Frank Lloyd Wright.

Short Answer Questions

1. What name is on the white cotton coat that Wolf takes with him as he leaves his trailer?

2. According to Chee's predecessor, whose relationship with the tribal police was destroyed after the oil well explosion?

3. What award did B.J. Vines win for hunting?

4. What is the name of Sena's brother killed in the explosion?

5. When Rosemary Vines first moved to the Vines' home, who was the foreman of the ranch?

Short Essay Questions

1. According to what Charley tells Chee, what is contained in the missing box?

2. As Chapter 8 opens, why is Colton Wolf working on his guns?

3. According to what Chee learns while visiting his predecessor, how did the People of Darkness get their name?

4. Why does Wolf's employer send Wolf to the university campus?

5. As the reader is first introduced to Jim Chee, what season is just beginning according to the traditional calendar of Dinee?

6. When asked by Chee, why does B.J. Vines claim that Sena dislikes Vines?

7. How does Vines' attempt to remove Chee from the missing box investigation affect Chee?

8. Why had the peyote church been outlawed by the Tribal Council?

9. Why were the employees of the oil company going to "shoot" the oil well?

10. Describe the second person who illegally parks the car in the parking lot while the bacteriologist watches from her window.

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