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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. When Chee finds the home of the person he is looking for, the person is not there. Where is the person?
(a) At a furniture auction.
(b) At an art auction.
(c) At a quilt auction.
(d) At a car auction.

2. What is the name of Sena's brother killed in the explosion?
(a) Marcus.
(b) Jonathon.
(c) Adam.
(d) Robert.

3. When Chee finds the home of the person he is looking for, the person is not there. To whom does Chee speak?
(a) The person's son.
(b) The person's uncle.
(c) The person's aunt.
(d) The person's nephew.

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

5. With the exception of B.J. Vines, who is the only other person to have ever looked inside the missing box?
(a) Tomas Charley.
(b) Gordo Sena.
(c) Dillon Charley.
(d) Rosemary Vines.

Short Answer Questions

1. When the reader is first introduced to Jim Chee, what day is it?

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

3. As Chapter 8 opens, what is Colton Wolf doing?

4. What is Jim Chee studying to become?

5. On what campus is the bacteriologist's lab located?

Short Essay Questions

1. Even though Chee is curious about why Rosemary has requested his presence at her house, Chee does not ask her any questions. Why not?

2. According to what Vines tells Chee, who does B.J. Vines believe is responsible for the oil well explosion and why?

3. Why does the Vines' house puzzle Jim Chee?

4. When Colton Wolf receives a letter at the beginning of Chapter 8, what is the subject of the letter?

5. When Chee finally finds the home of the person he's looking for, Chee is asked to pass on a message. What is the message?

6. As Chapter 8 opens, for what is Colton Wolf waiting?

7. When he reaches the university campus, why is Wolf dressed as though he works for a mortuary?

8. Why is Tsoodzil important to the Navajos?

9. Describe the person who illegally parks the truck in the parking lot while the bacteriologist watches from her window.

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

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