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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. In what direction does Brennan go when he leaves his home?
(a) East.
(b) West.
(c) North.
(d) South.

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

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

4. What does Brennan assume about the skull that Mr. Homesley says is not necessarily true?
(a) That he didn't break the law.
(b) That the skull is from a young child.
(c) That the skull belongs to an Indian.
(d) That the skull is a white soldier.

5. What does Mr. Homesley do in the military?
(a) Teacher.
(b) Military historian.
(c) Medic in Vietnam.
(d) Lab technician.

Short Answer Questions

1. From what band of Apaches was Coyote Runs?

2. How does Brennan see where he is going when night falls?

3. Why hasn't Brennan called the police or told his mother about the skull?

4. What does Brennan ask his mother at the breakfast table on Friday?

5. What does Dr. Tibbets look like?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is suggested about why the person to whom the skull belongs was killed and what suggestion is made for Brennan to find more information?

2. What does Mr. Homesley say about the second source of information?

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

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

5. What happens when Brennan wants to stop for the night and what does he learn about snakes?

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

7. Where does Brennan leave the skull and why?

8. Where is Brennan by morning and what does he find there?

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

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

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