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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 distance?
(a) Nothing, the desert was silent.
(b) Cars going down the highway.
(c) Small animals scurrying in the mesquite bushes.
(d) Owls hooting.

2. What does Brennan remember about a man who was shot in the head in Vietnam and the man's face when it happened?
(a) He squinted.
(b) His eyes shut tightly.
(c) He screamed.
(d) His eyes opened wide.

3. Why does Mr. Homesley have so much electronic equipment in his house?
(a) He repairs electronics as a side business.
(b) He's a ham radio operator.
(c) His wife is an engineer.
(d) For his music hobby.

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

5. What does Brennan think is the nationality of the soldiers who chased Coyote Runs?
(a) Scottish.
(b) Swedish.
(c) British.
(d) Irish.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Brennan leave his house?

2. What does the voice in Brennan's head tell him about snakes?

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

4. What does Brennan tell Homesley when Homesley guesses Brennan found some information?

5. What does Brennan feel the first time he listens to classical music at Mr. Homesley's house?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where does Brennan leave the skull and why?

2. 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?

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

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

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

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

7. Where is Brennan by morning and what does he find there?

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

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

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

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