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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. From what band of Apaches was Coyote Runs?
(a) Swift Run bank
(b) Canyon Mesa band.
(c) Table Mesa band.
(d) Horse Mesa band.

3. Why does Brennan think a fire would be nice?
(a) So he could see.
(b) So he could pretend he is camping.
(c) To keep away the animals.
(d) The air iss cold and the dew damp.

4. What does the voice tell him when it told him to stop?
(a) There was water nearby.
(b) That was where the raiding party had stopped for the night.
(c) That was the place where the soldiers found him and Magpie.
(d) That was where he had died.

5. What does Brennan fear will happen to the skull if the police get it?
(a) It will be displayed in a museum.
(b) It will be destroyed.
(c) It will be thrown in the landfill.
(d) It will be thrown back in the wrong canyon.

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

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

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

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

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

11. What does Brennan tell Homesley when Homesley guesses Brennan found some information?
(a) Coyote Runs has possesed him.
(b) He wants to know more.
(c) He should keep the skull.
(d) The skull is not Coyote Runs'.

12. What does Brennan wish about Mr. Homesley?
(a) That he was Brennan's age.
(b) That he was single.
(c) That his mother had married Homesley and he was Brennan's father.
(d) That he wasn't leaving the area.

13. What does Brennan feel the first time he listens to classical music at Mr. Homesley's house?
(a) That is was boring.
(b) That he liked Pink Floyd better.
(c) That the Homesleys had wasted a lot of money on their music.
(d) That the music had sunk into him.

14. How does Brennan think he will be able to run in the desert?
(a) Coyote Runs will help him.
(b) He has run close to that distance before.
(c) He will take it very slow.
(d) He will have to hitchhike.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Brennan find in the sky to help him?

3. What does Mr. Homesley say about God and beetles?

4. With what is Brennan obsessed with by Chapter 11?

5. What does Homesley give Brennan when Brennan is going through the boxes?

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