4. When Wolf makes a cautious phone call, who does Wolf learn has died?
(a) His employer.
(b) His mother.
(c) His target.
(d) His son.

5. How does Chee's predecessor characterize Dillon Charley's son?
(a) Loving.
(b) Mean-spirited.
(c) Crazy.
(d) Struggling.

Short Answer Questions

1. For what agency does the bacteriologist at the beginning of the novel work?

2. What is Jim Chee studying to become?

3. According to what Chee is told by his caller, who does the caller believe is responsible for taking the missing box?

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

5. What does the man who illegally parked his truck leave in the truck?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. According to what Chee learns from his predecessor, why did a group of roustabouts not go to work on the day the explosion occurred?

(see the answer keys)

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