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

2. According to what Chee is told by his caller, who does the caller believe is responsible for taking the missing box?
(a) Rosemary Vines.
(b) Tomas Charley.
(c) Emerson Charley.
(d) Gordo Sena.

3. As Chapter 8 opens, where is Colton Wolf?
(a) On a plane.
(b) On a train.
(c) In his trailer.
(d) In his car.

4. According to the tombstone, when had the person died?
(a) 1923.
(b) 1983.
(c) 1953.
(d) 2003.

5. According to Chee's predecessor, who might have taken the missing box from the Vines home?
(a) Emerson Charley.
(b) Gordo Sena.
(c) Tomas Charley.
(d) Colton Wolf.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the mine from which the uranium is being mined?

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

3. Where was B.J. Vines when he got sick and had to be flown to a hospital?

4. What did Vines do when Sena started hounding members of the peyote church when the trouble between the men first started?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the malpais?

2. After Rosemary questions Chee on how well he knows Navajo "religion," what does Rosemary ask if Chee knows anything about?

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

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

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

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

7. 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?

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

9. According to what B.J Vines tells Chee, why does Vines believe the box was stolen?

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

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