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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 Yakov tell Natalya about Bocharev?

2. What kind of animal does Mack kill in Chapter 24 for clothing and meat?

3. How does Ostap convince the men to help him find Mack?

4. What does Mack see looking for him from his hiding spot in the valley?

5. What does Alekhin do before he tries to find Mack?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Yakov help Natayla?

2. Why does Yakov worry about Natayla?

3. What do Baronas and Natayla plan to do?

4. Why does Baronas want to leave?

5. Why does Mack think the boulder trap that breaks the man's leg is better than the others?

6. What does Alekhin learn about Mack's habits?

7. What problem does Zamatev have with Kyra?

8. How does Zhikarev change his plans?

9. How does Mack stop the soldiers after him in this section?

10. How does Mack escape the soldiers at the end of the chapter?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine violence in the book.

1. How do the characters in the book view violence?

2. Do the characters need to be violent to cope in the world that the author portrays?

3. How did the public react to the book's violence when it was first published? How would the public react to a similar book today?

Essay Topic 2

Examine the author's writing style. How would you describe the author's prose style? What kind of vocabulary does he use? What meaning does the author's style give to the story?

Essay Topic 3

Examine the book's chronological setting.

1. What were the main concerns during the 1950s? How does the author express these concerns?

2. How would the author change the book if it was set in today's society?

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