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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 wolves attack the moose?

2. At what time in butchering the moose did "everything in him screamed to stop"?

3. Who is the man who greets Brian?

4. About how long does Brian determine the moose is?

5. What does Brian make a breakfast stew from before working on his second snowshoe?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Brian witness a pack of wolves do?

2. What does Brian do with all of his moose meat?

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

4. What's the status of Brian's clothing at the beginning of Chapter 8?

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

6. Describe what has make the gunshot noises in Chapter 13.

7. How did Brian make his footwear?

8. How does Brian make snowshoes?

9. Describe Brian's conflicting thoughts over the dead moose.

10. What does Brian learn about the rabbits in the snow?

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

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 3

Discuss the imagery found in "Brian's Winter."

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