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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. What does Trisha put on her stings.

2. Why does Trisha faint?

3. Why does Trisha wander off?

4. As Trisha dabs mud on her face, she thinks of what television series?

5. What time does Trisha think it is when it stops raining?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Trisha begin to think she will not live through the night in Chapter 7?

2. Why does Trisha become optimistic about the day that she and her family go on a hike?

3. Why does Trisha not eat a large clump of fiddleheads that she sees?

4. Why does Trisha faint at the end of Chapter 4?

5. Why do the police begin to look for a man named Mazzerole?

6. What does Trisha imagine to make herself feel better after she realizes she does not know much about the wilderness?

7. What happens when Trisha screams out for help for the first time?

8. Describe the daydream Trisha has about Tom Gordon at the end of Chapter 1.

9. What does Trisha learn from "Little House on the Prairie"?

10. What does Quilla tell Trisha about avoiding mosquitoes?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explore the idea of the Subaudible. What is its purpose? Why is it significant that Larry believes in the Subaudible and Tom Gordon presumably believes in a more engaged God?

Essay Topic 2

Trisha generally has a positive attitude while she is lost in the woods. Why is this important? How would the novel be different if Trisha had a negative attitude? Does her attitude help her survive? Use examples from the text to support your answer.

Essay Topic 3

Dreams and hallucinations are used throughout the novel. What purpose do they serve? Why is it important that Trisha often does not know if something is real or imaginary?

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