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

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

3. Why is Brennan not supposed to take things from the canyons?
(a) It was an Indian burial grounds.
(b) It is a State Preserve.
(c) It could be a crime area.
(d) It is National Forest Land.

4. What does Homesley give Brennan when Brennan is going through the boxes?
(a) Some chips and dip.
(b) A bowl of ice cream.
(c) Chocolate chip cookies and milk.
(d) Toast and eggs.

5. What does Mr. Homesley convince Brennan to do with him at the school?
(a) Study the history of beetles.
(b) Look in the grass for a beetle.
(c) Dissect a beetle.
(d) Build a model of a beetle colony.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the size of the bullet hole in the forehead of the skull?

2. What does Brennan see where he meets Dr. Tibbets?

3. What does Dr. Tibbets offer Brennan to drink?

4. With what is Brennan obsessed with by Chapter 11?

5. What is the name of the Apache reservation near Brennan's home?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Why does Brennan think the skull belonged to a young person?

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

7. 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?

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

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

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

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