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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 does Charley tell Chee was in the missing box?
(a) Black rocks.
(b) Black necklaces.
(c) Black cards.
(d) Black diamonds.

2. As Wolf drives away from the malpais, how much over the speed limit does Wolf drive?
(a) Five miles per hour.
(b) Eight miles per hour.
(c) Two miles per hour.
(d) Ten miles per hour.

3. What is the name of the geologist originally thought to have been killed in the oil well explosion?
(a) Curtis Russell.
(b) Martin Jones.
(c) Marcus Colby.
(d) Carl Lebeck.

4. When Chee wakes up in his hospital room, what program is showing, albeit without the sound, on the television in Chee's hospital room?
(a) "Wheel of Fortune."
(b) "Jeopardy."
(c) "Hollywood Squares."
(d) "Challenge."

5. What do Mary and Chee plan to do after retrieving the missing box from the malpais?
(a) Picnic.
(b) Elope.
(c) Call Vines.
(d) Arrest Tomas.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of car is the killer driving?

2. After Chee has surgery to remove the bullet, who is in Chee's hospital room when he wakes up?

3. According to the conversation that takes place in Chee's hospital room, who believes that Dillon Charley is responsible for the oil well explosion?

4. According to the newspaper articles Chee and Mary read at the library, how many employees from the explosives company were originally thought to have been killed in the oil well explosion?

5. According to the person Chee and Mary visit, what is the case rate for leukemic diseases?

Short Essay Questions

1. When Chee has trouble sleeping and sneaks out of his hospital room, why does he visit the area he goes to?

2. After yelling at Mary to run, why does Chee turn and run in the opposite direction?

3. What does Chee learn from the Albuquerque police officer about the killer when the cop comes to Chee's hospital room?

4. When Chee learns that the final roustabout has died, why does Chee want to see the body?

5. When the sheriff questions Chee in Chee's hospital room, what does the sheriff ask Chee to do?

6. What is so unusual about the men who were part of the roustabout crew, as well as the men in the Charley family?

7. What happens when Chee tells the person he is visiting that several other men associated with the Charley family all died of cancer?

8. What does Chee find when he exits his hiding space after the killer has left?

9. After shooting Chee at the malpais, why does Wolf decide to go after both Chee and Mary?

10. According to what Chee tells Mary, how does one become a Navajo witch?

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