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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. Why would Joe be expected to make for the Mongolian border?
2. What happens at more than fifty below?
3. Why is Zhikarev so worried?
4. Why does Mack think Alekhin will be harder to hide from?
5. What are Tungus?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why is Mack worried about Alekhin?
2. What is Mack's routine at the village?
3. What does Mack see when he steps into the sunlight?
4. What does Mack do with the reindeer he kills?
5. Describe the cells the guards take Mack back to?
6. Why is Mack not worried about Peshkov in this section?
7. Why does the colonel think Mack would be interested in meeting Alekhin?
8. Why does Mack decide to leave the village?
9. How did Mack know what to do with the locks the minute he saw them?
10. How does Mack anger Peshkov in this section?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Away from the main character, examine the way the author uses the other characters in the book. When does he introduce and take them away from the story? What effect does it have on the story?
Essay Topic 2
Compare Mack's character to the person he is at the beginning of the book to the he is at the end.
1. What did Mack hope to achieve at the beginning of the book?
2. What events changes Mack's ideas about life?
3. How has Mack's character changed by the end of the book?
Essay Topic 3
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.
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