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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Brennan tell his mother is the only way to get the kids to sleep?
(a) Drive a wooden stake through their hearts.
(b) Hit them over the head.
(c) Drug their hot chocolate.
(d) Make them run five miles with their packs.

2. How does the raiding party proceed home?
(a) On what they stole.
(b) On fresh horses.
(c) In the opposite direction of where they want to go.
(d) Slowly, sneaking through the hills.

3. How does Brennan feel about his father?
(a) He admires him.
(b) He loves him.
(c) He never knew him.
(d) He hates him.

4. What kind of horse does Coyote Runs ride on the way home?
(a) A sorrel.
(b) A pinto.
(c) A palomino.
(d) A white horse.

5. What does Brennan do when he finds a skull?
(a) Show it to Bill.
(b) Throws it away.
(c) Screams.
(d) Studies it.

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

7. Why didn't Brennan use an excuse to get out of going on the trip?
(a) He hoped to get a new pair of shoes out of it.
(b) His mother looked so hopeful.
(c) Bill seemed really fun.
(d) He couldn't think of one.

8. What does Brennan take with him when he goes to his sleeping bag?
(a) Mosquito netting.
(b) His MP3 player.
(c) Hot Chocolate.
(d) Nothing.

9. Why does Brennan put his sleeping bag under a large boulder?
(a) To get away from the kids.
(b) To keep the dew off his sleeping bag.
(c) To pretend he is hiding from the soldiers.
(d) To shield himself from the sun.

10. What kind of saddle does Magpie own?
(a) An old U.S. calvery saddle.
(b) A saddle made from Texan steer.
(c) A Mexican saddle with silver on it.
(d) He doesn't own a saddle.

11. What is Coyote Runs doing with the warriors in question #9?
(a) Following them.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Reporting them to the authorities.
(d) Cooking for them.

12. What does Brennan's employer like to talk about?
(a) He doesn't talk.
(b) He talks about money.
(c) He talks about his family.
(d) He talks about his girlfriend.

13. What does Brennan like to talk about while working?
(a) He talks about his father.
(b) He talks about his mother.
(c) He just likes to stay quiet and think.
(d) He talks about school.

14. What happens to Coyote Runs' horse?
(a) He is injured.
(b) He is shot and killed.
(c) Nothing happens to it.
(d) He runs off.

15. What does Coyote Runs almost do after the raid?
(a) Shoot one of the warriors.
(b) Run a horse into a prairie dog hole.
(c) Lose the lead rope he is holding.
(d) Drive the horses in the wrong direction.

Short Answer Questions

1. With whom are Brennan and his mother doing the event in question #20?

2. What does the event in question #1 mark for Coyote Runs?

3. How did the Indians carry water for their horses?

4. What will Coyote Runs be when he and the warriors return home?

5. What did Coyote Runs' people call the white soldiers?

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