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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. Brian's sleeping bag is good to approximately what temperature.

2. How did Brian prepare his food most often?

3. Who does Brian decide that the skunk resembles?

4. Where does the bear find food in Brian's camp?

5. What did the bear smell that brought it into Brian's camp?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why was Brian relieved when the food from the emergency pack was gone?

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

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

4. Describe the noises that follow after Brian wakes in the middle of the night.

5. What does Brian take with him and why when he goes looking for the wolves kill?

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

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

8. How do Brian and the wolf act towards each other?

9. Describe the autumn rainstorm that strikes Brian.

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In the last paragraph in Chapter 2, the author writes, "always, always pay attention to what was happening." There is even added significance on one of the "always" through the use of italics. Explain the purpose of both this sentence and the added significance.

Essay Topic 2

Write about what Brian learns from the animals in "Brian's Winter."

Essay Topic 3

How does surviving in the wilderness for so long change Brian?

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