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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mr. Homesley say about God and beetles?
(a) Maybe God created earth for the beetles.
(b) God must really like beetles.
(c) God was nice to provide food for the ants.
(d) Maybe God looks like a beetle.

2. What does Mr. Homesley call the mixture he and Tibbets used in Vietnam?
(a) Black gold.
(b) A Murphy drip.
(c) Viet Nam taiti.
(d) A speedy cocktail.

3. What subject does Mr. Homesley teach?
(a) Biology.
(b) Zoology.
(c) Chemistry.
(d) History.

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

5. What does Brennan do with the skull to check out his theory on it?
(a) Meditates on it.
(b) Measures it.
(c) Puts a wig on it.
(d) Draws a picture of the person from the topographical features.

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

7. What kind of body does Mr. Homesley have?
(a) Short and fat.
(b) Tall and skinny.
(c) Short and wiry.
(d) Tall and very heavy.

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

9. What does the voice in Brennan's head tell him to do for water?
(a) Kill small animals.
(b) Use the yucca plant.
(c) Dig under large rocks.
(d) Look for the greenest plants.

10. What does Mr. Homesley do in the military?
(a) Lab technician.
(b) Medic in Vietnam.
(c) Teacher.
(d) Military historian.

11. What is Brennan feeling while waiting for information from Homesley's friend?
(a) Excitement.
(b) Pressure.
(c) Joy.
(d) Panic.

12. What does Brennan hear in the place in question #121?
(a) A Wagner symphony.
(b) Running water.
(c) The kitchen crew cleaning.
(d) The television.

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

14. What is Brennan convinced of regarding the skull?
(a) It was his in another incarnation.
(b) It belonged to someone young.
(c) It is the skull of a white soldier.
(d) It belongs to a girl.

15. How many rounds of ammunition is each soldier given on patrol?
(a) Thirty.
(b) Ten.
(c) Twenty.
(d) Twenty-five.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the voice in Brennan's head tell him about snakes?

2. What does Brennan begin to have in Chapter 11?

3. About what time in the morning does Brennan finally find the report about Coyote Runs?

4. Where does Brennan meet Dr. Tibbets?

5. Why does Tibbets say it is a good bet the skull was killed by soldiers?

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