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

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

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

4. 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 unexploded artillery.
(c) So he wouldn't get caught in deep sand.
(d) To avoid snakes.

5. How do the men with Brennan's mother sound about Brennan running there in a day and a night?
(a) Indifferent.
(b) Impressed.
(c) Curious.
(d) Skeptical.

Short Answer Questions

1. About what time in the morning does Brennan finally find the report about Coyote Runs?

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

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

4. How does Brennan see where he is going when night falls?

5. What kind of beetle does Brennan find the first time he looks for a beetle?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is suggested about why the person to whom the skull belongs was killed and what suggestion is made for Brennan to find more information?

2. What dream did Brennan have in Chapter 11 about an eagle?

3. How long does it take for more information to come to Brennan and what does he do when Mr. Homesley calls about it?

4. What does Brennan's mother tell him she has done and what is his response?

5. What was written in most of the reports in the boxes?

6. Where does Brennan meet Mr. Homesley, who do they see there and what does that person tell them about?

7. Why does Brennan talk to Mr. Homesley about the skull?

8. Where does Brennan head and what does he do on his way out of town?

9. What does the commander answer in response to the letter in question #49? What does Brennan conclude from this report?

10. What incident with Mr. Homesley does Brennan recall when he thinks of talking to him about the skull?

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