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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. How long was the stone point for Brian's new weapon in Chapter 7?

2. How does Brian learn to not startle game?

3. What bird sings before a rainstorm?

4. What does Brian do to the wolves marking of territory?

5. Who does Brian decide that the skunk resembles?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Brian's first experience with the war bow.

2. What does Brian learn about hunting in the rain?

3. What does the bear do when Brian kicks at it?

4. Describe the area where the rabbits mainly lived?

5. What repairs does Brian make to his shelter in Chapter 7?

6. How does Brian learn what is wrong with the gun?

7. When Brian makes fish soup, how does he make and eat it?

8. What does Brian learn from the sounds of the different birds?

9. What had the wolves taken from the deer they killed?

10. After the rain finally stops, what activities keep Brian bush that first day?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain why the author puts the rescue and contact with another human in the epilogue instead of the main story. Does it seem rushed?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss how this book might be different if the main character were female?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the concept of predator. What does Brian see himself as? If you're not the predator, what are you?

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