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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 many feathers does Brian use for each arrow and at what length?

2. Why had a bear torn out a stump?

3. How far is Brian flung?

4. What does Brian suddenly awaken to in Chapter 7?

5. In his search for arrowheads, what does Brian hit the rocks with?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Describe the autumn rainstorm that strikes Brian.

4. Describe the area where the rabbits mainly lived?

5. Even with the bounty of meant, Brian is bothered by the death of the dear. How does he apologize.

6. Describe the sporting goods store that Brian remembers near his home.

7. What is Brian's history with bears up until the point that he's attacked by one?

8. What changes does Brian see in the sky once he realizes that winter is coming?

9. How does Brian finish with the rabbit skins in Chapter 5?

10. What does Brian do with the parts of a rabbit that he kills?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the significance of breaking of the firing pin. Be sure to address the need to have challenges for characters to overcome.

Essay Topic 3

The author ends several chapters with an omniscient viewpoint that serves to warn the reader of what is to come. Why does he do this?

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