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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Ben tells Ashley in Chapter 48, "Those twenty-eight days in the mountains with you reminded me" what (305)?
(a) "What it means to survive."
(b) "That life is a struggle."
(c) "That love is worth doing."
(d) "What it means to care."

2. What does Ben do in order to help Ashley's leg in Chapter 34?
(a) He lowers it below her body.
(b) He heats it with water.
(c) He ices it with snow.
(d) He resets it.

3. What did Rachel reveal to Ben in the flashback in Chapter 29?
(a) That she was having an affair.
(b) That she was pregnant.
(c) That she wanted a divorce.
(d) That she knew about Ben's affair.

4. What is the name of the town that is printed on the road sign that Ben unearths from the snow in Chapter 42?
(a) Salt Lake City.
(b) Malvern.
(c) Atlanta.
(d) Evanston.

5. How many wolves come in to take the moose calf in Chapter 40?
(a) 8.
(b) 12.
(c) 3.
(d) 5.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the bridge that Ben passes near the hospital where he works in Chapter 49?

2. What does Ben use to break the lock on the door inside of the building they've discovered in Chapter 30?

3. Where does Ashley say she and her fiance would now be on their honeymoon in Chapter 23?

4. What does the sign inside the hut say in Chapter 42?

5. To what city has Ashley been flown on the LifeFlight in Chapter 46?

Short Essay Questions

1. What tools do Ben and Ashley have at their disposal when they leave the crash site?

2. What does Ashley realize about Rachel in the end of the novel?

3. What appears to be the primary reason for Ben's separation from his wife based on his dictations into the recorder?

4. Whom does Ben speak with about Ashley's condition at the hospital? How is her condition?

5. What tools have been found at the A-frame that make Ben and Ashley's journey easier?

6. How is the A-frame cabin described? What tools do Ben and Ashley find there?

7. What is ironic about the National Forest that Ben and Ashley are apparenly lost in?

8. What does Napoleon represent in the novel?

9. How does Ben manage to find food for himself and Ashley in Chapter 34?

10. What kind of bow does Ben make along his journey? How does he make it?

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