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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 does Tibbets say it is a good bet the skull was killed by soldiers?
(a) They used large bore rifles.
(b) They routinely executed prisoners.
(c) Ranchers used pistols.
(d) They were the only people with rifles.

2. What subject does Mr. Homesley teach?
(a) Zoology.
(b) Biology.
(c) History.
(d) Chemistry.

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

4. How does Brennan leave his house?
(a) Through a window.
(b) Through the back door.
(c) Through the front door.
(d) Through the garage.

5. How does Brennan elude the men chasing him?
(a) Up an old Apache climbing path.
(b) Going into a cave they were too big to enter.
(c) Buried in the sand.
(d) Hiding under a boulder.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Brennan think about the commanding officer's reply to Mrs. Gebhart?

2. What does Brennan decide he has to do with the skull?

3. To what did Brennan's activities with Mr. Homeley lead?

4. Why does Brennan think a fire would be nice?

5. In what direction does Brennan go when he leaves his home?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where does Brennan head and what does he do on his way out of town?

2. What was in a letter from a school Brennan finds?

3. What does Brennan find deep in the canyon and what does he do?

4. What does Brennan's mother tell him she has done and what is his response?

5. In Chapter 12, describe what Brennan is thinking when he contemplates the bullet hole in the skull.

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

7. What happens as Brennan climbs some rocks and what is his response?

8. What does Brennan learn about the probable cause of death?

9. Where does Brennan leave the skull and why?

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

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