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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. In walking twenty steps in Chapter 9, how many rabbits does Brian see?
(a) 10.
(b) 4.
(c) 7.
(d) 0.

2. Once Brian goes looking for the source of the gunshots, what time of day is it when he hears one again?
(a) Midday.
(b) Midafternoon.
(c) Midmorning.
(d) Dawn.

3. How often does a supply plane come?
(a) Every six weeks.
(b) Once a season.
(c) Three times a season.
(d) Every month.

4. What has skis in the book?
(a) The bushplane.
(b) The trapper.
(c) The family shelter.
(d) The pilot that takes Brian back.

5. What does the man offer Brian to eat?
(a) Beaver.
(b) Moose.
(c) Fish.
(d) Deer.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of wood does Brian make snowshoes from ?

2. What benefit of winter does Brian reflect on as he falls asleep in Chapter 15?

3. Brian leaves his shelter for a "wall of cold." About how cold is it?

4. What did Brian drag back to his camp around 4 in the morning in Chapter 10?

5. How does Brian spot the rabbits in the snow?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Brian turn such a big moose over to remove the hide from the other side?

2. How does Brian get the deer meat back to his camp?

3. What problem does Brian experience using the new bow to shoot rabbits?

4. What does Brian do in Chapter 13 when he hears gunshots at night?

5. What pattern does the winter weather take in Chapter 12?

6. How does Brian make snowshoes?

7. Describe the Cree family that Brian meets.

8. Why does Brian say in Chapter 14, "this is as bad as it gets"?

9. What does Brian discover at the end of the trail that he's following in Chapter 17?

10. What happens when Brian shoots an arrow at the moose?

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