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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 hear in the place in question #121?
(a) The television.
(b) The kitchen crew cleaning.
(c) Running water.
(d) A Wagner symphony.

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

3. How does Brennan see where he is going when night falls?
(a) The moon and stars.
(b) He had a flashlight.
(c) There are streetlights on the highway.
(d) The moon is completely full.

4. Why do ranchers take their families to El Paso?
(a) To sell to the soldiers.
(b) They fear the Indians.
(c) So the kids could attend school.
(d) For the weekly dances.

5. In what does Brennan carry the skull to Dr. Tibbets?
(a) A tennis shoe box.
(b) His backpack.
(c) His mother's hat box.
(d) It was wrapped in a towel.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mr. Homesley call the mixture he and Tibbets used in Vietnam?

2. About what time in the morning does Brennan finally find the report about Coyote Runs?

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

4. What happens when Brennan looks back at the men?

5. Where did Brennan run Saturday morning Chapter 12?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Where does Brennan leave the skull and why?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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