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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 Mr. Homesley have Brennan bring a beetle to him everyday?
(a) To help rid the world of beetles.
(b) To see how many different ones he could find.
(c) To feed the ants in the ant farm.
(d) So they could discuss it.

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

3. What is the name of the Apache reservation near Brennan's home?
(a) Seven Canyons.
(b) White Mountain.
(c) Sand River.
(d) Black Forest.

4. What happens when Brennan looks back at the men?
(a) He rruns into a boulder.
(b) He falls into a mesquite bush.
(c) He kicks a snake.
(d) He stumbles on a stone.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Amelia Gephart ask the commanding officer to tell her?

2. What iss the purpose of most of the patrols around Fort Bliss?

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

4. What does Brennan change as the result of Mr. Homesley's interest in him?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. 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?

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

5. What incident with Mr. Homesley does Brennan recall when he thinks of talking to him about the skull?

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

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

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

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

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

(see the answer keys)

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