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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. Where does Wolf go when he reaches the university campus?
(a) The hospital.
(b) The security office.
(c) The faculty lounge.
(d) The research facility.

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

3. What is Colton Wolf's occupation?
(a) An assassin.
(b) A spy.
(c) An embezzler.
(d) A thief.

4. What did Vines do when Sena started hounding members of the peyote church when the trouble between the men first started?
(a) File a complaint against Sena.
(b) Hire an attorney.
(c) Dock Sena's pay.
(d) Sue the sheriff's department.

5. To whom does Colton Wolf talk at the hospital to confirm the information he received during the cautious phone call?
(a) Mrs. Byers.
(b) Mrs. Myers.
(c) Mrs. Dwyer.
(d) Mrs. Cryer.

Short Answer Questions

1. After finishing with his interview, where does Chee invite Mary?

2. What is the name of the local sheriff?

3. According to Chee's predecessor, who might have taken the missing box from the Vines home?

4. When Chee goes to his office after visiting his predecessor, who has been trying to contact Chee?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. According to Chee, why do Navajos lack sentimentality about corpses?

2. As the reader is first introduced to Jim Chee, why does Jim Chee not have his winter coat with him?

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

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

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

6. How did the explosion at the oil well occur?

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

8. As Chee drives into the desert, he is listening to songs his uncle wants him to memorize. Why does his uncle want Chee to memorize these songs?

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

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

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