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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the voice in Brennan's head tell him about snakes?
(a) There were no snakes in that part of the desert.
(b) He could push a stick ahead of him in the sand.
(c) Night is when the snakes hunted.
(d) They did not move at night.

2. Who does Brennan decide to ask to learn more about the skull?
(a) Stony.
(b) Bill.
(c) Mr. Homesley.
(d) His mother.

3. How do the men with Brennan's mother sound about Brennan running there in a day and a night?
(a) Impressed.
(b) Skeptical.
(c) Indifferent.
(d) Curious.

4. In what does Brennan carry the skull to Dr. Tibbets?
(a) A tennis shoe box.
(b) It was wrapped in a towel.
(c) His backpack.
(d) His mother's hat box.

5. What does Brennan begin to have in Chapter 11?
(a) Nighttime panic attacks.
(b) A larger appetite than normal.
(c) Strange dreams.
(d) Anger management problems.

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

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

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

9. What is the name of the Apache reservation near Brennan's home?
(a) Black Forest.
(b) Sand River.
(c) Seven Canyons.
(d) White Mountain.

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

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

12. How long does it take for Mr. Homesley's information to arrive?
(a) Two days.
(b) A month.
(c) A week.
(d) Two weeks.

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

14. How far is it to the canyon where Brennan finds the skull?
(a) Fifty to sixty miles.
(b) Thirty miles.
(c) Forty miles.
(d) Fifteen miles.

15. What does Brennan assume about the skull that Mr. Homesley says is not necessarily true?
(a) That the skull belongs to an Indian.
(b) That the skull is from a young child.
(c) That the skull is a white soldier.
(d) That he didn't break the law.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Brennan ask his mother at the breakfast table on Friday?

2. What does Dr. Tibbets look like?

3. In what direction does Brennan go when he leaves his home?

4. What does Mr. Homesley do in the military?

5. What does Brennan wish about Mr. Homesley?

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