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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the voice in Brennan's head tell him about snakes?
(a) Night is when the snakes hunted.
(b) They did not move at night.
(c) There were no snakes in that part of the desert.
(d) He could push a stick ahead of him in the sand.

2. What does Brennan use for cover when he approaches the canyon?
(a) He ran in a crouch.
(b) Dunes and brush.
(c) He hid behind boulders.
(d) The dark of the night.

3. What subject does Mr. Homesley teach?
(a) Zoology.
(b) Chemistry.
(c) Biology.
(d) History.

4. What is Brennan feeling while waiting for information from Homesley's friend?
(a) Joy.
(b) Excitement.
(c) Panic.
(d) Pressure.

5. Where does Brennan leave Coyote Runs' skull?
(a) Under a rock in the cave.
(b) Where he found it.
(c) At the medicine place.
(d) With the rest of his skeleton.

6. What does Mr. Homesley convince Brennan to do with him at the school?
(a) Dissect a beetle.
(b) Build a model of a beetle colony.
(c) Study the history of beetles.
(d) Look in the grass for a beetle.

7. What does Brennan find in the sky to help him?
(a) The moon.
(b) The Big Dipper and North Star.
(c) Orion the Hunter.
(d) The Southern Cross.

8. In what does Brennan carry the skull to Dr. Tibbets?
(a) A tennis shoe box.
(b) His backpack.
(c) It was wrapped in a towel.
(d) His mother's hat box.

9. About what time in the morning does Brennan finally find the report about Coyote Runs?
(a) About three in the morning.
(b) About four in the morning.
(c) About one in the morning.
(d) About two in the morning.

10. Why do the newspapers in the boxes look old to Brennan?
(a) The print was uneven and the headlines were from past events.
(b) The newspapers were yellow.
(c) The newspapers crumbled.
(d) They had small insect holes in them.

11. What does Brennan begin to have in Chapter 11?
(a) Anger management problems.
(b) Nighttime panic attacks.
(c) A larger appetite than normal.
(d) Strange dreams.

12. How does Brennan elude the men chasing him?
(a) Up an old Apache climbing path.
(b) Hiding under a boulder.
(c) Buried in the sand.
(d) Going into a cave they were too big to enter.

13. Why does Brennan stay on the road when running near Fort Bliss?
(a) In case a car came near and would pick him up.
(b) To avoid snakes.
(c) So he wouldn't get caught in deep sand.
(d) To avoid unexploded artillery.

14. Where do Mr. Homesley and Brennan take the skull?
(a) To the school.
(b) To the library.
(c) To the police station.
(d) To the morgue.

15. What is the first reason Brennan gives his mother for not telling her about the skull?
(a) He forgot about it.
(b) He didn't think it was any of her business.
(c) He was afraid she would faint.
(d) All the kids were there.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mr. Homesley call the mixture he and Tibbets used in Vietnam?

2. What does Brennan decide he has to do with the skull?

3. Why do ranchers take their families to El Paso?

4. Why does Brennan think he will be able to get across the desert?

5. Who does Brennan decide to ask to learn more about the skull?

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