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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. After renting the vehicle, where does Wolf first drive?
(a) Campus parking.
(b) A deserted area.
(c) The mall.
(d) Long-term parking.

2. According to the rumor Chee heard, who had designed the Vines' home?
(a) Albert Kahn.
(b) Frank Lloyd Wright.
(c) Carlo Scarpa.
(d) Alvar Aalto.

3. During her second year at the lab, what did the bacteriologist begin bringing in with her?
(a) Binoculars.
(b) Glasses.
(c) Parking passes.
(d) Tube socks.

4. As Chapter 5 begins, Chee goes to visit his predecessor. Whom does Chee visit?
(a) Dillon Charley.
(b) Henry Becenti.
(c) Gordo Sena.
(d) B.J. Vines.

5. According to Chee's predecessor, whose relationship with the tribal police was destroyed after the oil well explosion?
(a) Gordo Sena.
(b) B.J. Vines.
(c) Dillon Charley.
(d) Henry Becenti.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the local sheriff?

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

3. When Rosemary hires Chee to find the missing box, where is B.J. Vines?

4. Where did one of the men presumed dead in the explosion finally turn up?

5. When Wolf makes a cautious phone call, who does Wolf learn has died?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. 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?

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

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

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

7. According to what Charley tells Chee, what is contained in the missing box?

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

9. What is the malpais?

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

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