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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. In "April 4 Returns," what does the author spend the night doing?

2. How does the author act with the townspeople?

3. Why did the author have an easy time seeing the tracks of various animals?

4. While driving along the way to take his son back, what does the author see?

5. What happens when the author comes down from the tree and onto the ground?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the author deal with his "cabin fever"?

2. Describe the author's walk in "April 28 Free Search." Why does he do this?

3. What does the author realize about the ravens in "December 23 Ravens"? How does this affect his behavior?

4. What does the author notice in "December 3"?

5. How does the author feel about the mice and flies? Why? How does this compare to how he feels about other animals?

6. What observations does the author make in "May 15 Weeds in Huckleberry Bog"? What might be the significance of this?

7. How does the book come to an end? After a year of living in the woods, how does the author feel about his life there? Why?

8. What is the most important aspect of hunting for the author? Why?

9. How do Stuart's classmates respond to his father? How important might their reactions be to how he perceives his father? Why?

10. What is taking place in "March 13 Storm Warnings"? Why do the people act and feel this way?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Much of the activities in the woods have to do with survival.

Part 1) Describe the activities of the author and other creatures. How are they necessary to survival? What parallels in behavior can be seen between the author and the wild animals? Why?

Part 2) What activities do you do that are related to survival? Are those activities based on instinct or on the way in which you were raised?

Part 3) How is survival a theme in this book? What does the author say about this theme? Why does he say this? What does this reveal about him?

Essay Topic 2

The author captures a raven and names him Jack.

Part 1) How does he go about catching the raven? Why does he capture Jack? Describe the author's experiences with Jack. What is learned about the author through his relationship with Jack?

Part 2) How does the author change because of Jack? What does he learn from Jack? How do ravens become a significant aspect of this book? Why?

Part 3) How is the author's relationship with all animals a significant part of this book? What does this reveal about the author?

Essay Topic 3

The author goes for many runs.

Part 1) Describe these runs. Why does the author choose to go on these runs? Why are they important to him? What do they reveal about him?

Part 2) How are his runs tied to other events in this book? What else is important to the author while he is living in the cabin? Why?

Part 3) What activities do you participate in? Why? What do they reveal about you? How are they important to you and your life?

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