Canyons Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

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Canyons Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Brennan put his sleeping bag under a large boulder?

2. What does Brennan tell his mother is the only way to get the kids to sleep?

3. Why didn't Brennan use an excuse to get out of going on the trip?

4. What kind of horse does Coyote Runs ride on the way home?

5. What does Brennan do for the person in question #14?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Brennan feel about the person driving the van and how does he feel about the kids in it by the time they arrive?

3. What does Brennan hear and what does he do with the skull?

4. How close is Brennan and his father and what happens that hurts his mother?

5. What kind of gun does Coyote Runs have and what will he be doing with the people in question #6?

6. What does Coyote Runs learn he will be doing soon and which of his friends will be doing it also?

7. What does Brennan Cole like to do and how does it help him?

8. What does Brennan suggest at the camp site to settle the children?

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

10. How hard is Brennan's job and what does his boss talk about?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Coyote Runs is shot and killed by a white soldier who jokes as he shoots a fourteen-year-old boy in the head. Discuss the following:

1. How do the circumstances demonstrate the tendency of people to dehumanize an enemy? Use examples from Canyons and from other sources to support your answer.

2. Describe ways in which prejudice contributed to Coyote Runs' death.

3. Discuss the ways in which Coyote Runs thoughts demonstrated his prejudice against white people.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss one of the following:

1. Compare/contrast Brennan to Coyote Runs. How are they alike? How are they different? Do you think their differences are mainly due to their era differences or culture?

2. Coyote Runs seems to be connected to Brennan. Do you think the connection would have occurred with anyone who happened to have found his skull? Why or why not?

3. Compare Coyote Runs' life with Brennan's life. How are they similar? How are they different? Use examples from Canyons to illustrate your comparison.

Essay Topic 3

Brennan's mother has found the skull and called the police, taking the power of choice out of Brennan's hands. Brennan runs away and takes the skull back to the canyon.

1. Why do you think Brennan's mother called the police? Do you think this was a good decision on her part? Why or why not?

2. The above statement says that the call to the police took away Brennan's power of choice. Do you believe this is true? Why or why not?

3. Do you think Brennan was right to run away? Why or why not?

(see the answer keys)

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