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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 think about the commanding officer's reply to Mrs. Gebhart?
(a) He helps Indians.
(b) He is involed with Mrs. Gephart.
(c) He is lying.
(d) He is a decent man.

2. What does Amelia Gephart ask the commanding officer to tell her?
(a) If he actually had a gun.
(b) In what canyon was the body buried.
(c) If Coyote Runs was killed and where.
(d) If he was an adult.

3. How does Brennan think he will be able to run in the desert?
(a) He will take it very slow.
(b) Coyote Runs will help him.
(c) He will have to hitchhike.
(d) He has run close to that distance before.

4. What does Brennan feel the first time he listens to classical music at Mr. Homesley's house?
(a) That is was boring.
(b) That he liked Pink Floyd better.
(c) That the Homesleys had wasted a lot of money on their music.
(d) That the music had sunk into him.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of body does Mr. Homesley have?

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

3. What does Brennan ask his mother at the breakfast table on Friday?

4. Why hasn't Brennan called the police or told his mother about the skull?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. 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?

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

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

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

8. Where does Brennan meet Mr. Homesley, who do they see there and what does that person tell them about?

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

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

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