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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 new tracks does he find as he continues south?

2. Why does Mack think Alekhin will be harder to hide from?

3. How does Mack make sure he can leave the village quickly if needed?

4. Where does Mack tell Stephen to meet him in Chapter 17?

5. How far away is Joe when Alekhin visits Vanyushin?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Mack convince the man to let him go?

2. How does Zhikacev know Stegman?

3. Why does Natayla want to make Mack a shirt?

4. How does Mack prepare to leave the village?

5. Why does the colonel think Mack would be interested in meeting Alekhin?

6. What does Colonel Zamatev already know about Mack?

7. What is Mack's routine at the village?

8. What does Mack do with the bear he sees?

9. What does Mack do with the reindeer he kills?

10. In what way is Mack cautious when approaching the woman?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Choose one of the following statements and write an argument for or against it.

1. Mack cannot be regarded as a hero because he kills many people and often with no real reason.

2. The novel presents Indians as savages.

3. The author misrepresents Russian culture to make America look better.

Essay Topic 2

Examine Mack's Indian identity.

1. How does Mack's Indian heritage help him in the novel?

2. What does it suggest about America in the fifties that a Native American could be so loyal towards the USA.

Essay Topic 3

How much do the students think that L"Amour's representation of the Soviets is effected by political matters at the time? How do the students think a Russian writer would have represented the Americans in this story?

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