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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. How does Colton Wolf confirm that Jim Chee has checked out of the hospital?

2. How does Wolf travel to his first destination after he leaves town following Chee's shooting?

3. Where is Chee shot by the killer?

4. What is Mary Landon's occupation?

5. When Wolf is leaving town after shooting Chee, where does he dump his car?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. 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?

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

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

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

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

10. Describe the purpose of an Enemy Way.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast the characteristics, roles, loyalties, and agendas of the following people in the story: Jim Chee, Henry Becenti, Gordo Sena, and B.J. Vines.

Essay Topic 2

Hillerman uses this story to examine the role that truth plays in our daily lives. Examine the author's beliefs through his storytelling. Why would the author choose this story to overlay his demonstration of the consequences realized when the truth is distorted or hidden? What did you learn from the author's discussion on truth? What other avenues, if any, could the author have used to express his beliefs? Would those avenues have been as effective as the story? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

Throughout the story, there are several attempts made on Chee's life.

a. Identify at least three attempts on Chee's life. Describe the situation and how Chee escapes.

b. Compare and contrast the situations in which the attempts are made on Chee's life. What is the motivation in each of these situations to kill Chee?

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