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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 is the draw of Brian's bow?

2. How much does a large bull moose weigh?

3. In Chapter 1, approximately how far is Brian from the Smallhorn summer camp?

4. What does Susan Smallhorn's Indian name mean?

5. Who did Brian discover had a recipe where they baked pike and served it on a platter blue from the fish slime?

Short Essay Questions

1. What tools did Brian bring with him?

2. What were Brian's dreams like at first after the crash?

3. Why do the noises and smells of civilization bother Brian?

4. Why do the Cree Indians usually have dark-haired malamute cross dogs?

5. What does Susan Smallhorn look like?

6. In a book published in the 1930s by the government, what did Brian learn about nutritional value and dangers of eating different types of animals and fish?

7. Why doesn't Brian worry about camping?

8. How is the dog injured that Brian finds in Chapter 4?

9. How does Brian intend to keep up with his studies in the wilderness?

10. Why does Brian think that a noise he hears in Chapter 1 is a squirrel or a mouse?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In Chapters 5 and 6, Brian decides that the dog is used to people. Discuss the reasons why Brian decides that the dog is used to people.

Essay Topic 2

At the end of Chapter 8, both Brian and the dog realize something is wrong. Discuss why Brian and the dog believe that something is wrong.

Essay Topic 3

In Chapter 8, instinct drives Brian to pack up camp and head north. Discuss instinct and the reliance that Brian places upon instinct.

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