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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. How long has Colton Wolf been paying the man who sent Wolf the letter?
(a) Four years.
(b) One year.
(c) Two years.
(d) Three years.

2. Where did one of the men presumed dead in the explosion finally turn up?
(a) In Grants.
(b) In Dallas.
(c) In Albuquerque.
(d) In Checkers.

3. When the reader is first introduced to Jim Chee, what day is it?
(a) November 3.
(b) November 30.
(c) December 3.
(d) October 30.

4. According to what B.J. tells Chee, when did the trouble between Sena and Vines start?
(a) In the early 1960's.
(b) In the late 1940's.
(c) In the early 1950's.
(d) In the late 1950's.

5. What does Wolf do when he reaches the area where people normally dump their junk?
(a) Buries a body.
(b) Digs a hole.
(c) Steals a license plate.
(d) Kills his target.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to rumor, what was Sena's mother planning to leave to Sena's older brother?

2. To what university campus does Wolf eventually drive after leaving his trailer?

3. What does the second man put into the bed of the truck?

4. How does the bacteriologist characterize the parking lot she has been watching for several years from her lab's window?

5. At the time of the explosion, who was the peyote chief?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. 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?

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

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

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

7. According to Chee's predecessor, a relationship with the tribal police was destroyed after the oil well explosion. Describe the initial rift that caused the relationship to unravel.

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

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

10. What is the malpais?

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