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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. How old is Brian in Chapter 1?

2. What sound awakens Brian in Chapter 4?

3. What season is it when Brian returns to the wilderness?

4. What is Brian wearing in Chapter 2?

5. Of the Minnesota First Volunteers who started the battle at Gettysburg, how many were left standing at the end?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is the dog injured that Brian finds in Chapter 4?

2. What does Susan Smallhorn look like?

3. What tools did Brian bring with him?

4. What does Brian decide to do about the dog?

5. Why do the Cree Indians usually have dark-haired malamute cross dogs?

6. In a book published in the 1930s by the government, what did Brian learn about nutritional value and dangers of eating different types of animals and fish?

7. What clothes did Brian bring with him?

8. Why do the noises and smells of civilization bother Brian?

9. Why wouldn't it have been easy for Brian to move constantly during his first wilderness experience?

10. How does Brian feel about the fire he starts with matches?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In Chapter 10 and "The Hunt," Brian decides to hunt the bear. Discuss how and why Brian decides to hunt the bear?

Essay Topic 2

In Chapters 5 and 6, Brian empathizes with the dog. Discuss empathy and how Brian demonstrates empathy.

Essay Topic 3

In Chapter 1 Brian remembers his dreams after his wilderness experience and how they have changed. Discuss Brian's dreams and how they changed.

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