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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 is Brennan convinced of regarding the skull?
(a) It was his in another incarnation.
(b) It is the skull of a white soldier.
(c) It belonged to someone young.
(d) It belongs to a girl.

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

3. What is the first reason Brennan gives his mother for not telling her about the skull?
(a) All the kids were there.
(b) He didn't think it was any of her business.
(c) He forgot about it.
(d) He was afraid she would faint.

4. What does the voice in Brennan's head tell him to do for water?
(a) Kill small animals.
(b) Look for the greenest plants.
(c) Use the yucca plant.
(d) Dig under large rocks.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. From what band of Apaches was Coyote Runs?

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

5. What does Brennan get to eat at a convenience store?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does Brennan pass in the canyon and what does he know?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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