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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Brennan see when he came up to his home after leaving Mr. Homesley?
(a) Police cars in front of his house.
(b) His boss's truck at his house.
(c) A couple of kids from school looking at him.
(d) Bill's car parked out front.

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

3. What does Brennan remember about a man who was shot in the head in Vietnam and the man's face when it happened?
(a) He screamed.
(b) He squinted.
(c) His eyes shut tightly.
(d) His eyes opened wide.

4. What is Brennan's mother wearing?
(a) Shorts and a T-shirt.
(b) Tan pants and Bill's jacket.
(c) Jeans and one of his jackets.
(d) Her work clothes.

5. What does Brennan think is the nationality of the soldiers who chased Coyote Runs?
(a) Irish.
(b) Scottish.
(c) British.
(d) Swedish.

6. What is the first reason Brennan gives his mother for not telling her about the skull?
(a) All the kids were there.
(b) He forgot about it.
(c) He was afraid she would faint.
(d) He didn't think it was any of her business.

7. Why do the newspapers in the boxes look old to Brennan?
(a) The newspapers crumbled.
(b) The newspapers were yellow.
(c) The print was uneven and the headlines were from past events.
(d) They had small insect holes in them.

8. What does Brennan's mother say when the men tell Brennan about his mother's concern?
(a) She didn't know what was going on.
(b) They could leave now.
(c) She takes back the complaint.
(d) She could see he was fine.

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

10. What does Dr. Tibbets offer Brennan to drink?
(a) A soda.
(b) Milk.
(c) Water.
(d) Coffee.

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

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

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

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

15. What do the soldiers have to do sometimes to drink?
(a) Dig a well.
(b) Cut cacti.
(c) Use a water wagon.
(d) Cut the veins on their horses and drink the blood.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Brennan hear in the night after he falls down?

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

3. What does Brennan ask Mr. Homesley to do?

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

5. Why is Brennan not supposed to take things from the canyons?

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