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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. From what band of Apaches was Coyote Runs?

2. What does the voice in Brennan's head tell him to do for water?

3. Where does Brennan meet Dr. Tibbets?

4. What does Brennan hear in the place in question #121?

5. What does Brennan wonder about the age of the person to whom the skull belonged?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Why does Brennan think the skull belonged to a young person?

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

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

8. What does Brennan's mother tell him she has done and what is his response?

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

10. With what does Brennan become obsessed and what starts happening to him?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Coyote Runs is shot and killed by a white soldier who jokes as he shoots a fourteen-year-old boy in the head. Discuss the following:

1. How do the circumstances demonstrate the tendency of people to dehumanize an enemy? Use examples from Canyons and from other sources to support your answer.

2. Describe ways in which prejudice contributed to Coyote Runs' death.

3. Discuss the ways in which Coyote Runs thoughts demonstrated his prejudice against white people.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the following:

1. What do you think are the characteristics of a successful novel?

2. Analyze and discuss Canyons based upon the criteria you decide upon in #1 and judge if Canyons is a successful novel.

3. Do you think the fact that Canyons has paranormal incidences in it changes whether it is a successful novel especially along the lines of whether it is believable? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

Brennan becomes friends with Mr. Homesley, his biology teacher. This friendship changes Brennan's life.

1. Discuss some of the changes that occur as a direct result of Brennan and Mr. Homesley's friendship. Use examples from the book to support your discussion.

2. Based on the character of Mr. Homesley discuss what kind of a teacher he is and whether he is a typical teacher. Use examples from the book to support your discussion.

3. Discuss Brennan's response to Mr. Homesley in relation to the fact of Brennan not knowing his father. Use examples from the book to support your discussion.

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