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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 kind of officials are standing with Brennan's mother?
(a) Two highway patroll officers.
(b) A city policeman.
(c) Two sheriffs.
(d) A National Forest Ranger.

2. What do the soldiers report occurred before Coyote Runs was killed?
(a) Coyote Runs killed a soldier.
(b) An exchange of gunfire.
(c) Coyote Runs was holding rifle.
(d) A rattler bit Coyote Runs.

3. What does Brennan do when the men jump at him?
(a) Falls backwards over a dune.
(b) Pushes Mr. Homesley in front of them.
(c) Kicks sand in their eyes.
(d) Runs between them.

4. Why does Tibbets say it is a good bet the skull was killed by soldiers?
(a) They used large bore rifles.
(b) Ranchers used pistols.
(c) They were the only people with rifles.
(d) They routinely executed prisoners.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In what direction does Brennan go when he leaves his home?

2. What is Mr. Homesley's first thought when Brennan tells him about the skull?

3. What does Brennan hear in the distance?

4. What does Homesley give Brennan when Brennan is going through the boxes?

5. What is Brennan convinced of regarding the skull?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Brennan learn about the probable cause of death?

2. What was in a letter from a school Brennan finds?

3. What does Brennan learn about the probable age of the person to whom the skull belongs?

4. What does Brennan read that he thinks may be relevant to the skull?

5. What does Brennan do when he first arrives at his destination and what is he told? What is his response?

6. What happens as Brennan climbs some rocks and what is his response?

7. What does Brennan pass in the canyon and what does he know?

8. What film did thinking about the bullet hole remind Brennan of and why did he think of it?

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

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

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