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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Brennan think about how his mother talks?
(a) She talks about his father too much.
(b) She doesn't talk enough.
(c) She won't talk about his father.
(d) She talks too much.

2. With whom are Brennan and his mother doing the event in question #20?
(a) Bill Halverson.
(b) Paul Trouson.
(c) Alan Warner.
(d) Victor Neuenberg.

3. What does Brennan's mother tell him in Chapter 4 when he arrives home?
(a) They are going on a cruise.
(b) They are going to go shopping.
(c) They are going on a camping trip.
(d) They are going to El Paso.

4. What did Brennan feel when he held his breath when he was first staring at the cottonwoods?
(a) Nothing.
(b) Something spiritual.
(c) Something pulling at him.
(d) Something scary.

5. Why does Coyote Runs think the uniforms of the soldiers are silly?
(a) They are blue.
(b) They are easy to see from a distance.
(c) They attract horse flies.
(d) Their uniforms are too hot.

6. What does Brennan think the men in his mother's life do?
(a) Help her financially.
(b) Amuse her.
(c) Hurt her.
(d) Teach her interesting trivial facts.

7. How are the buildings arranged at Fort Bliss?
(a) In a circle.
(b) Alternating pyramid.
(c) In a square.
(d) In a maze.

8. What does the soldier who shoots Coyote Runs do as he pulls the trigger?
(a) Closes his eyes.
(b) Prays for him.
(c) Jokes with his companions.
(d) Lectures him on stealing.

9. What does Brennan do when he finds a skull?
(a) Show it to Bill.
(b) Screams.
(c) Studies it.
(d) Throws it away.

10. Where does Coyote Runs try to hide from the soldiers?
(a) In the river.
(b) In a cave.
(c) Behind a rock in the back of the canyon.
(d) Under some sage brush.

11. What happens to Coyote Runs in the chaos after the raid?
(a) He becomes confused.
(b) He tries to move the horses without taking off their hobbles.
(c) He forgets to put out the fire.
(d) He falls off his horse.

12. What kind of saddle does Magpie own?
(a) A saddle made from Texan steer.
(b) He doesn't own a saddle.
(c) An old U.S. calvery saddle.
(d) A Mexican saddle with silver on it.

13. Where did Brennan lose a man who was dating his mother when the man went running with him?
(a) Canyon de Diablo.
(b) Canyon de Blanco.
(c) The desert.
(d) Mount Franklin.

14. How many attackers chase Magpie and Coyote Runs?
(a) Four.
(b) Two.
(c) Three.
(d) One.

15. How does the raiding party proceed home?
(a) In the opposite direction of where they want to go.
(b) On fresh horses.
(c) On what they stole.
(d) Slowly, sneaking through the hills.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Coyote Runs learn he will be joining?

2. How many soldiers approach Coyote Runs?

3. What is Coyote Runs supposed to do when the party returns?

4. Why didn't Brennan use an excuse to get out of going on the trip?

5. What does Coyote Runs call his mother when she lights the cook fire?

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