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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Brennan run Saturday morning Chapter 12?
(a) Around his neighborhood.
(b) To his mother's work.
(c) The road around the mountain overlooking El Paso.
(d) On the school track.

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

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

4. What does Brennan decide he has to do with the skull?
(a) Give it to Dr. Tibbets.
(b) Take it to the Apache reservation.
(c) Give it to a museum.
(d) Follow the instructions in the dream.

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

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

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

8. What does Brennan ask his mother at the breakfast table on Friday?
(a) If she is going to be with Bill that weekend.
(b) If he can spend the weekend with the Homesleys.
(c) If he can go back up to the camping place.
(d) If crazy people can know they are going crazy.

9. How does Brennan feel about the dark as he is running?
(a) It is a friend.
(b) It is scary.
(c) It is an enemy.
(d) It is exciting.

10. With what is Brennan obsessed with by Chapter 11?
(a) His job.
(b) The skull.
(c) His father.
(d) Bill and his mother.

11. What is the size of the bullet hole in the forehead of the skull?
(a) About the size of his thumbprint.
(b) About the size of a green pea.
(c) About half the size of his palm.
(d) About the size of his palm.

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

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

14. What does Brennan hear in the night after he falls down?
(a) A rattle snake.
(b) Horses running.
(c) Voices.
(d) Soldiers.

15. What interferes with Brennan's time with Mr. Homesley during the summer?
(a) Mr. Homesley leaves during the summer months.
(b) Brennan doesn't think about school in the summer.
(c) Mr. Homesley doesn't see students during the summer.
(d) Brennan's work.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Brennan feel the first time he listens to classical music at Mr. Homesley's house?

2. How long does it take for Mr. Homesley's information to arrive?

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

4. What does Brennan see where he meets Dr. Tibbets?

5. What kind of officials are standing with Brennan's mother?

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