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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 much does Alice the alligator weigh?

2. What does Derek offer to pay Mickey and Wahoo a day for four days in the Everglades?

3. In Chapter 1, how much will Wahoo and his father get a day for a job?

4. In Chapter 6, how much does Mickey have to put in a jar if he says a cuss word?

5. In Chapter 9, what tribe agreed to let Expedition Survival base operations at one of its settlements and then cancelled the agreement?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 10, what does Tuna know about animals?

2. What is Derek looking forward to at the end of Chapter 12?

3. In Chapter 5, why does Raven Stark think about her salary?

4. Why can the Cray family not go on vacations?

5. In Chapter 12, how is dinner being served to the crew of Expedition Survival, and what will they eat?

6. In Chapter 1, what happened to put Mickey Cray out of work?

7. Why, in Chapter 11, is Expedition Survival using Stickler's Jungle Outpost and Juice Bar for their base?

8. Why are there hordes of wild iguanas in South Florida?

9. In Chapter 12 in the script that Wahoo and Tuna find, what does Derek say about what he eats on his expedition?

10. In Chapter 8, how does Derek persuade Mickey to guide him into the Everglades?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Mickey does not get along with Derek. Why does Mickey struggle to get along with Derek? What things does Derek do that go completely against everything that Mickey believes in? How does that cause a conflict between the men?

Essay Topic 2

Tuna learns the scientific names of creatures. Why does Tuna learn the scientific names of creatures? In what way is learning the scientific names a coping mechanism for Tuna? What does her means of coping with her problems reveal about her and her character?

Essay Topic 3

In the last chapters of the novel several characters show courage and bravery. What characters are brave and courageous in the last chapters of the novel? What do the actions of these characters reveal about bravery and cowardice?

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