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

2. Where does Brennan leave Coyote Runs' skull?
(a) With the rest of his skeleton.
(b) Where he found it.
(c) At the medicine place.
(d) Under a rock in the cave.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Brennan get to eat at a convenience store?

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

3. What does Brennan do with the skull to check out his theory on it?

4. What do the soldiers have to do sometimes to drink?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Brennan learn about the probable age of the person to whom the skull belongs?

2. What does Brennan pass in the canyon and what does he know?

3. How long does it take for more information to come to Brennan and what does he do when Mr. Homesley calls about it?

4. What does Brennan find out when he comes home in Chapter 21?

5. What film did thinking about the bullet hole remind Brennan of and why did he think of it?

6. What does Brennan read that he thinks may be relevant to the skull?

7. What reason comes to Brennan when he thinks about keeping the skull?

8. Why does Brennan think the skull belonged to a young person?

9. Why does Brennan talk to Mr. Homesley about the skull?

10. What does the commander answer in response to the letter in question #49? What does Brennan conclude from this report?

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