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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. What is Colton Wolf's hobby?
(a) Building model planes.
(b) Building model ships.
(c) Building model cars.
(d) Building model trains.

2. According to Chee's predecessor, how did Dillon Charley get involved with B.J. Vines?
(a) Politics.
(b) Drugs.
(c) Money.
(d) Women.

3. While Chee isn't sure he believes in visions, what does Chee believe in?
(a) Money.
(b) Motives.
(c) Luck.
(d) Prayer.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. According to what Rosemary Vines tells Chee, how did Dillon Charley die?

5. According to Chee's predecessor, whose relationship with the tribal police was destroyed after the oil well explosion?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

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

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

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

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

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

7. Why is Tsoodzil important to the Navajos?

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

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

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?

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