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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. Where did Brennan run Saturday morning Chapter 12?
(a) Around his neighborhood.
(b) On the school track.
(c) To his mother's work.
(d) The road around the mountain overlooking El Paso.

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

3. What iss the purpose of most of the patrols around Fort Bliss?
(a) Maintain public order and engage hostiles.
(b) Capture wild mustangs.
(c) Keep the soldiers occupied.
(d) Find lost settlers.

4. What does the voice in Brennan's head tell him about snakes?
(a) There were no snakes in that part of the desert.
(b) He could push a stick ahead of him in the sand.
(c) Night is when the snakes hunted.
(d) They did not move at night.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Brennan do when the men jump at him?

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

3. What does Brennan's mother say when the men tell Brennan about his mother's concern?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Where does Brennan leave the skull and why?

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

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

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

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

8. What kind of relationship do Brennan and Mr. Homesley end up having?

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

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

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