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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 did Vines do when Sena started hounding members of the peyote church when the trouble between the men first started?
(a) Hire an attorney.
(b) File a complaint against Sena.
(c) Dock Sena's pay.
(d) Sue the sheriff's department.

2. About when did the explosion at the oil well occur?
(a) 1957.
(b) 1977.
(c) 1947.
(d) 1967.

3. Where does Captain Leaphorn work?
(a) At the Grants substation.
(b) At the Warrick substation.
(c) At the Checkers substation.
(d) At the Chinle substation.

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

5. As the bacteriologist watches, a dirty truck parks illegally in the lot. What space does the truck pull into?
(a) The Director's space.
(b) The Associate Director's space.
(c) The Research Assistant's space.
(d) The Senior Researcher's space.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Wolf makes a cautious phone call, who does Wolf learn has died?

2. What does Chee learn when he finally finds the person he is looking for?

3. What is the name of Sena's brother killed in the explosion?

4. What does the man who illegally parked his truck leave in the truck?

5. When Wolf makes a cautious phone call, how does the person answering the phone identify himself?

Short Essay Questions

1. When Colton Wolf receives a letter at the beginning of Chapter 8, what is the subject of the letter?

2. Why were the employees of the oil company going to "shoot" the oil well?

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

4. Why is Tsoodzil important to the Navajos?

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

6. According to Chee's predecessor, a relationship with the tribal police was destroyed after the oil well explosion. Describe the initial rift that caused the relationship to unravel.

7. As Chee drives into the desert, he is listening to songs his uncle wants him to memorize. Why does his uncle want Chee to memorize these songs?

8. How did the explosion at the oil well occur?

9. Describe the second person who illegally parks the car in the parking lot while the bacteriologist watches from her window.

10. According to what Vines tells Chee, who does B.J. Vines believe is responsible for the oil well explosion and why?

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