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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. What does Brennan get to eat at a convenience store?
(a) Soda and chips.
(b) Water and bread.
(c) Energy drinks and beef jerky.
(d) Granola bars and water.

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

3. What does Brennan wish about Mr. Homesley?
(a) That he wasn't leaving the area.
(b) That his mother had married Homesley and he was Brennan's father.
(c) That he was Brennan's age.
(d) That he was single.

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

5. What does Brennan change as the result of Mr. Homesley's interest in him?
(a) His study habits and grades.
(b) How often he skipped school.
(c) His opinion of his mother.
(d) The amount of time he spent running.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Brennan use for cover when he approaches the canyon?

2. Why does Brennan stay on the road when running near Fort Bliss?

3. What do the soldiers report occurred before Coyote Runs was killed?

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

5. What color is the place in question #121?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where does Brennan leave the skull and why?

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

3. Where does Brennan hide the skull in his house?

4. What dream did Brennan have in Chapter 11 about an eagle?

5. What does Brennan do when he first arrives at his destination and what is he told? What is his response?

6. With what does Brennan become obsessed and what starts happening to him?

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

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

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

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

(see the answer keys)

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