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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. According to what B.J. tells Chee, when did the trouble between Sena and Vines start?
(a) In the early 1950's.
(b) In the late 1950's.
(c) In the early 1960's.
(d) In the late 1940's.

2. What name is on the white cotton coat that Wolf takes with him as he leaves his trailer?
(a) End of Times Mortuary.
(b) Stronghope Mortuary.
(c) Strongthorne Mortuary.
(d) End Days Mortuary.

3. For what agency does the bacteriologist at the beginning of the novel work?
(a) St. Jude's Research Hospital
(b) Centers for Disease Control.
(c) National Institutes of Health.
(d) Cancer Research and Treatment Center.

4. At this point in his investigation, who does Chee believe is responsible for taking the missing box?
(a) Nobody.
(b) Rosemary Vines.
(c) Gordo Sena.
(d) Tomas Charley.

5. When Wolf makes a cautious phone call, how does the person answering the phone identify himself?
(a) Stager.
(b) Member.
(c) Boxholder.
(d) Tentmaker.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose tombstone stands just off from the Vines' garage?

2. How much money does Rosemary Vines offer to pay Chee as a retainer for his services?

3. Where did one of the men presumed dead in the explosion finally turn up?

4. During her second year at the lab, what did the bacteriologist begin bringing in with her?

5. How does B.J Vines characterize the oil well explosion?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. According to what B.J Vines tells Chee, why does Vines believe the box was stolen?

3. Describe the person who illegally parks the truck in the parking lot while the bacteriologist watches from her window.

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

5. Why does the Vines' house puzzle Jim Chee?

6. As Chapter 8 opens, why is Colton Wolf working on his guns?

7. When Chee finally finds the home of the person he's looking for, Chee is asked to pass on a message. What is the message?

8. How does Vines' attempt to remove Chee from the missing box investigation affect Chee?

9. According to Chee, why do Navajos lack sentimentality about corpses?

10. Why is Tsoodzil important to the Navajos?

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