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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Brennan recognize about the skull?
(a) It is very new.
(b) It has a bullet hole in it.
(c) It is an adult skull.
(d) The teeth are very bad.

2. What does Brennan do for the person in question #14?
(a) Mows lawns.
(b) Stocks shelves.
(c) Delivers papers.
(d) Washes dishes.

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. Why does Coyote Runs believe he can escape bullets?
(a) He is too young to die.
(b) He has danced the ghost dance.
(c) He is carrying a lucky knife.
(d) A rancher fires at him but missed.

5. Who ran the school Coyote Runs attended?
(a) A Quaker lady.
(b) A Catholic Priest.
(c) The Indian Council.
(d) A School teacher from the east.

6. What does Brennan hear after he picks up the skull?
(a) A horse running.
(b) A coyote howling.
(c) Mountain lions.
(d) A voice in his head.

7. How does the raiding party keep its horses quiet?
(a) Blindfold them.
(b) Feed them sugar.
(c) Pinch their nostrils.
(d) Put muzzles on them.

8. With whom does Coyote Runs catch up?
(a) Magpie.
(b) Sancta.
(c) The Ranchers.
(d) The soldiers.

9. What did Bill say to Brennan's mother about what the spot by the springs looked like?
(a) A different universe.
(b) A calendar picture.
(c) Grace in the the desert.
(d) A secret garden.

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

11. Who attacks the raiding party the day after the raid?
(a) Soldiers.
(b) Mexicans.
(c) A rival Indian tribe.
(d) The ranchers.

12. What is Coyote Runs supposed to do when the party returns?
(a) Change the saddles to fresh horses.
(b) Follow behind them.
(c) Go in the opposite direction to draw off any pursuit.
(d) He doesn't have specific instructions.

13. How many soldiers approach Coyote Runs?
(a) One.
(b) Three.
(c) Two.
(d) Four.

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

15. With whom are Brennan and his mother doing the event in question #20?
(a) Victor Neuenberg.
(b) Alan Warner.
(c) Paul Trouson.
(d) Bill Halverson.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the raiding party proceed home?

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

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

4. What does Coyote Runs call a match for lighting a fire?

5. What is Coyote Runs doing with the warriors in question #9?

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