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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. While walking to the camp place what did Brennan decide Bill was not?
(a) A runner.
(b) A strong climber.
(c) A real man.
(d) A whimp.

2. What does Brennan's mother tell him in Chapter 4 when he arrives home?
(a) They are going on a camping trip.
(b) They are going on a cruise.
(c) They are going to El Paso.
(d) They are going to go shopping.

3. Who ran the school Coyote Runs attended?
(a) A School teacher from the east.
(b) A Quaker lady.
(c) The Indian Council.
(d) A Catholic Priest.

4. What does the soldier who shoots Coyote Runs do as he pulls the trigger?
(a) Prays for him.
(b) Closes his eyes.
(c) Lectures him on stealing.
(d) Jokes with his companions.

5. What did Brennan feel when he held his breath when he was first staring at the cottonwoods?
(a) Something spiritual.
(b) Something pulling at him.
(c) Nothing.
(d) Something scary.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Coyote Runs call a match for lighting a fire?

2. What does Brennan like to talk about while working?

3. What does Brennan think the men in his mother's life do?

4. How many attackers chase Magpie and Coyote Runs?

5. Where is a gun pressed against Coyote Runs?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens to the group of warriors the day after the raid?

2. What does Brennan Cole like to do and how does it help him?

3. Why can't Brennan sleep and why does he dig a skull out of the dirt?

4. When does Coyote Runs' group travel and where do they stop to rest?

5. What does Brennan hear and what does he do with the skull?

6. Where does Brennan's mother tell him they are going and with whom?

7. What happens to Coyote Runs in the chaos after the raid?

8. How close is Brennan and his father and what happens that hurts his mother?

9. Where does the van in which Brennan is riding stop and then what do they do?

10. What does Brennan suggest at the camp site to settle the children?

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