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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Brennan hear in the distance?
(a) Small animals scurrying in the mesquite bushes.
(b) Cars going down the highway.
(c) Nothing, the desert was silent.
(d) Owls hooting.

3. Why is Brennan not supposed to take things from the canyons?
(a) It is a State Preserve.
(b) It is National Forest Land.
(c) It was an Indian burial grounds.
(d) It could be a crime area.

4. What does Mr. Homesley call the mixture he and Tibbets used in Vietnam?
(a) A speedy cocktail.
(b) A Murphy drip.
(c) Viet Nam taiti.
(d) Black gold.

5. What happens when Brennan looks back at the men?
(a) He kicks a snake.
(b) He stumbles on a stone.
(c) He rruns into a boulder.
(d) He falls into a mesquite bush.

6. What does Brennan feel the first time he listens to classical music at Mr. Homesley's house?
(a) That he liked Pink Floyd better.
(b) That the Homesleys had wasted a lot of money on their music.
(c) That is was boring.
(d) That the music had sunk into him.

7. What does Brennan fear will happen to the skull if the police get it?
(a) It will be thrown back in the wrong canyon.
(b) It will be destroyed.
(c) It will be thrown in the landfill.
(d) It will be displayed in a museum.

8. To what did Brennan's activities with Mr. Homeley lead?
(a) Brennan deciding to study entomology.
(b) A friendship of sorts.
(c) Brennan building an ant farm at home.
(d) Brennan joining the science club.

9. What does Brennan remember about a man who was shot in the head in Vietnam and the man's face when it happened?
(a) He squinted.
(b) His eyes opened wide.
(c) He screamed.
(d) His eyes shut tightly.

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

11. What does Brennan think is the nationality of the soldiers who chased Coyote Runs?
(a) Scottish.
(b) Irish.
(c) Swedish.
(d) British.

12. How does Brennan see where he is going when night falls?
(a) There are streetlights on the highway.
(b) The moon and stars.
(c) The moon is completely full.
(d) He had a flashlight.

13. How does Brennan leave his house?
(a) Through the back door.
(b) Through the front door.
(c) Through the garage.
(d) Through a window.

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

15. What saying keeps running through Brennan's head?
(a) Mercy, please.
(b) Take me, spirit.
(c) I am a man.
(d) Take me home.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Brennan ask his mother at the breakfast table on Friday?

2. Why do the newspapers in the boxes look old to Brennan?

3. What does Brennan wonder about the age of the person to whom the skull belonged?

4. What subject does Mr. Homesley teach?

5. What is Brennan convinced of regarding the skull?

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