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

2. What do the soldiers report occurred before Coyote Runs was killed?
(a) Coyote Runs killed a soldier.
(b) Coyote Runs was holding rifle.
(c) An exchange of gunfire.
(d) A rattler bit Coyote Runs.

3. How does Brennan elude the men chasing him?
(a) Up an old Apache climbing path.
(b) Hiding under a boulder.
(c) Going into a cave they were too big to enter.
(d) Buried in the sand.

4. In what direction does Brennan go when he leaves his home?
(a) West.
(b) North.
(c) East.
(d) South.

5. What does Brennan see where he meets Dr. Tibbets?
(a) Metal tables and bright lights.
(b) A skeleton in Tibbets' foyer.
(c) Mr. Homesley's music room.
(d) An Indian waiter.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the soldiers have to do sometimes to drink?

2. What color is the place in question #121?

3. What is the first reason Brennan gives his mother for not telling her about the skull?

4. How far is it to the canyon where Brennan finds the skull?

5. What is Brennan convinced of regarding the skull?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. In Chapter 12, describe what Brennan is thinking when he contemplates the bullet hole in the skull.

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

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

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 is suggested about why the person to whom the skull belongs was killed and what suggestion is made for Brennan to find more information?

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

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