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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Mr. Homesley have Brennan bring a beetle to him everyday?
(a) To feed the ants in the ant farm.
(b) So they could discuss it.
(c) To help rid the world of beetles.
(d) To see how many different ones he could find.

2. What is Brennan's mother wearing?
(a) Her work clothes.
(b) Shorts and a T-shirt.
(c) Tan pants and Bill's jacket.
(d) Jeans and one of his jackets.

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

4. What does Brennan get to eat at a convenience store?
(a) Soda and chips.
(b) Water and bread.
(c) Granola bars and water.
(d) Energy drinks and beef jerky.

5. Why do ranchers take their families to El Paso?
(a) So the kids could attend school.
(b) They fear the Indians.
(c) To sell to the soldiers.
(d) For the weekly dances.

6. What does Brennan see when he came up to his home after leaving Mr. Homesley?
(a) His boss's truck at his house.
(b) Bill's car parked out front.
(c) Police cars in front of his house.
(d) A couple of kids from school looking at him.

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

8. What does Brennan change as the result of Mr. Homesley's interest in him?
(a) How often he skipped school.
(b) His study habits and grades.
(c) His opinion of his mother.
(d) The amount of time he spent running.

9. What does Homesley give Brennan when Brennan is going through the boxes?
(a) Toast and eggs.
(b) A bowl of ice cream.
(c) Chocolate chip cookies and milk.
(d) Some chips and dip.

10. How does Brennan elude the men chasing him?
(a) Up an old Apache climbing path.
(b) Hiding under a boulder.
(c) Buried in the sand.
(d) Going into a cave they were too big to enter.

11. What does Brennan wish about Mr. Homesley?
(a) That his mother had married Homesley and he was Brennan's father.
(b) That he was single.
(c) That he wasn't leaving the area.
(d) That he was Brennan's age.

12. What does Mr. Homesley say about Brennan going into the canyon alone?
(a) Someone should go with him.
(b) He is being guided by a dead Indian.
(c) He'll be fine.
(d) He might get hurt.

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

14. What does Mr. Homesley tell Brennan about beetles?
(a) They are bad for the ecology of the Earth.
(b) They are often killed with pesticides.
(c) They eat almost anything.
(d) They are the most numerous species on Earth.

15. Why does Brennan think he will be able to get across the desert?
(a) He has run in the desert many times.
(b) He doesn't know if he can get across it.
(c) He will move only at night.
(d) He believes Coyote Runs will help him.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Brennan hear in the night after he falls down?

2. Why does Brennan think a fire would be nice?

3. What subject does Mr. Homesley teach?

4. What does Brennan do with the skull to check out his theory on it?

5. What does Brennan ask Mr. Homesley to do?

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