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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Brennan do when the men jump at him?
(a) Kicks sand in their eyes.
(b) Runs between them.
(c) Pushes Mr. Homesley in front of them.
(d) Falls backwards over a dune.

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

3. What does Brennan think drove the west forward?
(a) Fear.
(b) Violence.
(c) Greed.
(d) Excitement.

4. In what direction does Brennan go when he leaves his home?
(a) South.
(b) West.
(c) East.
(d) North.

5. What does Mr. Homesley tell Brennan about beetles?
(a) They eat almost anything.
(b) They are bad for the ecology of the Earth.
(c) They are the most numerous species on Earth.
(d) They are often killed with pesticides.

6. Where do Mr. Homesley and Brennan take the skull?
(a) To the school.
(b) To the morgue.
(c) To the library.
(d) To the police station.

7. What does Brennan use for cover when he approaches the canyon?
(a) He ran in a crouch.
(b) The dark of the night.
(c) Dunes and brush.
(d) He hid behind boulders.

8. What does Brennan think about the commanding officer's reply to Mrs. Gebhart?
(a) He helps Indians.
(b) He is a decent man.
(c) He is lying.
(d) He is involed with Mrs. Gephart.

9. What does Dr. Tibbets look like?
(a) He is quite fat.
(b) He is short and thin.
(c) He is short and stocky.
(d) He is tall and thin.

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

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

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

13. What does Homesley give Brennan when Brennan is going through the boxes?
(a) Some chips and dip.
(b) Chocolate chip cookies and milk.
(c) A bowl of ice cream.
(d) Toast and eggs.

14. What is Mr. Homesley's first thought when Brennan tells him about the skull?
(a) He should return it to the canyon.
(b) He should call the police.
(c) He should donate it to a museum.
(d) He should keep it.

15. What does Mr. Homesley convince Brennan to do with him at the school?
(a) Dissect a beetle.
(b) Study the history of beetles.
(c) Build a model of a beetle colony.
(d) Look in the grass for a beetle.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Brennan do with his t-shirt when he takes it off while running?

2. What kind of beetle does Brennan find the first time he looks for a beetle?

3. What does Brennan think is the nationality of the soldiers who chased Coyote Runs?

4. How does Brennan elude the men chasing him?

5. What does Brennan wonder about the age of the person to whom the skull belonged?

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