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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 do Chee and Mary discuss on the way to visit the sister of one of the roustabouts?

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. When Wolf calls Chee's station from the road, whom does Wolf pretend to be?

5. According to the nurse Chee talks to, what color bags are the clothing and effects of the deceased placed into?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. As Wolf kills the person who approaches him as he reaches Chee's floor, why does the murder not cause any alarm on the floor?

4. What is the goal of the Navajo Way?

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

6. After reviewing the articles regarding the explosion at the library, what does Chee decide his next step should be?

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

8. According to the discussion Mary and Chee have after leaving the roustabout's sister, why does Chee initially believe that Emerson Charley's body disappeared?

9. When Chee has trouble sleeping and sneaks out of his hospital room, what does he discover when he reaches the area he intended to visit?

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

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 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

One of the main themes is this novel involves honor.

a. Identify three characters that are honorable in their actions. For each character, describe an instance in which the character acted honorably.

b. Why do these characters try to be honorable?

c. What is the outcome for these characters? Were they successful in their endeavors or would they have been more successful if they had not taken the honorable route? Explain your answer.

Essay Topic 3

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?

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