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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What hospital room is Jim Chee in?

2. When Chee and Mary cannot locate the final roustabout, whom do they find instead?

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

4. What is the name of the geologist originally thought to have been killed in the oil well explosion?

5. What is listed as the cause of Emerson Charley's death?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. After discovering the dead body on the way to where the missing box is supposed to be, how does Chee realize that the killer is still nearby?

3. When Chee and Mary find an article discussing the arrest of Dillon Charley in the days after the explosion, what is NOT mentioned?

4. As Chee and Mary leave the roundabout's sister, why does Mary ask Chee to explain what the sister had said?

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

6. After Chee and Mary discover the dead body, why does Chee yell at Mary to run?

7. After Chee realizes that the killer is still nearby, where does Chee send Mary?

8. Describe the purpose of an Enemy Way.

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In many ways, the novel is a series of contrasts designed to heighten the reader's awareness and draw the reader deeper into the story and the intricacies of each of the story's characters. Identify at least three contrasts that are used in the novel. Describe these contrasts and determine how they affect the story's plot as well as the reader's emotional involvement in the characters' lives. If these identified contrasts were not included in the story, what effect would their absence have on the storyline, the characters' development, and the readers' involvement?

Essay Topic 2

Throughout the novel, Jim Chee is struggling with the decision whether to remain in the Navajo world or to join the white man's world and accept a position with the FBI. Compare and contrast these two worlds. How are these two worlds regarded by Chee? What do these worlds provide for Chee? How is the story affected by Chee's relationship with each world?

Essay Topic 3

Compare and contrast B.J. Vines and Gordo Sena.

a. How are the two characters similar? How are they different?

b. Compare the role that justice plays in each of their lives. How is each character affected by the concept of justice - both positively and negatively?

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