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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 the Mexicans call the desert near where Coyote Runs live?
(a) The Journey of Death.
(b) Death Sands.
(c) White Death.
(d) White Sands.

2. What makes Coyote Runs slow as he goes into the canyon?
(a) There is no path.
(b) There are large boulders he has to climb.
(c) His injury.
(d) It is flooded.

3. Why does Brennan work?
(a) So he can buy a car.
(b) To help pay for his clothes and other things.
(c) To build up his muscles.
(d) To save money for college.

4. What is Coyote Runs supposed to do when the party returns?
(a) Follow behind them.
(b) He doesn't have specific instructions.
(c) Change the saddles to fresh horses.
(d) Go in the opposite direction to draw off any pursuit.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Brennan recognize about the skull?

3. What does Coyote Runs quickly realize in the chaos?

4. What is the name of the canyon where Bill says they are camping?

5. What is Coyote Runs doing with the warriors in question #9?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was the school Coyote Runs' attended suppose to do for him?

2. What happens to Coyote Runs in the chaos after the raid?

3. Where does Brennan's mother tell him they are going and with whom?

4. Why can't Brennan sleep and why does he dig a skull out of the dirt?

5. Who does Coyote Runs' group encounter as they are heading to their destination, and how do they handle that encounter?

6. When does Coyote Runs' group travel and where do they stop to rest?

7. What does Brennan do as the kids begin to settle down?

8. What kind of school and where is it that Coyote Runs attended and who attended with him?

9. Why is Brennan annoyed while riding in the van? How does he feel about being there?

10. What happens to the group of warriors the day after the raid?

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