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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. About when did the explosion at the oil well occur?
(a) 1977.
(b) 1957.
(c) 1967.
(d) 1947.

2. How much is the check that Chee is given for his trouble regarding the box?
(a) $200.
(b) $400.
(c) $100.
(d) $300.

3. When Rosemary Vines first moved to the Vines' home, who was the foreman of the ranch?
(a) Marcus Colby.
(b) Gordo Sena.
(c) Curtis Russell.
(d) Dillon Charley.

4. As the bacteriologist watches, a dirty truck parks illegally in the lot. What space does the truck pull into?
(a) The Associate Director's space.
(b) The Research Assistant's space.
(c) The Director's space.
(d) The Senior Researcher's space.

5. Under what name does Colton Wolf rent the vehicle he gets once he leaves his trailer?
(a) Terry Fox.
(b) Benjamin Rhodes.
(c) Charles Minton.
(d) James Nothan.

Short Answer Questions

1. After finishing with his interview, where does Chee invite Mary?

2. What is the name of the local sheriff?

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

4. What is Jim Chee studying to become?

5. Whose brother was killed in the explosion at the oil well?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why were the employees of the oil company going to "shoot" the oil well?

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

3. What is the malpais?

4. Why is Tsoodzil important to the Navajos?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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