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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 far is Link able to drive the air boat before he collapses from the gun shot in Chapter 19?

2. In Chapter 16, how large is the tree island where Expedition Survival is being shot?

3. At the end of Chapter 20, who is driving the air boat that Wahoo sees?

4. How much time does Rave say that Wahoo can have to call his mother in Chapter 14?

5. At the end of Chapter 13, how many guys does it take to fish Derek out of the water?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Link doing by the end of Chapter 21 and what might be wrong with him?

2. What happens when Derek grabs the snake that Mickey caught for him and why?

3. In Chapter 13, what is the ride like in the air boats, and what does the place look like where they will be filming?

4. At the end of Chapter 22, why will Derek not come down from the tree when Tuna and Wahoo ask him to do so?

5. In Chapter 19, how does Link get shot?

6. At the end of Chapter 15, how does Mickey remove the bat from Derek's tongue?

7. In Chapter 22, what does Sergeant Ramirez tell Raven when he comes to talk to her?

8. In Chapter 18, what does Derek find to eat?

9. In Chapter 16, who is Gerry Germaine and what is he like?

10. At the end of Chapter 24, what does Jared find, and what does he think that his find means?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Derek, Wahoo, Mickey, Tuna, and Link struggle to survive against different forces. What weaknesses does Derek have that affect his struggle to survive? What do Wahoo, Mickey, Tuna, and Link have to struggle with to survive? How is the struggle to survive strong in these characters? How does the struggle to survive influence their actions?

Essay Topic 2

Characters react in different ways when they learn that Tuna is being abused. What are the reactions of various characters when they learn that Tuna is abused by her father? What do the reactions of these characters reveal about them and the type of people they are?

Essay Topic 3

Much of the novel takes place in the Everglades. How does the setting affect characters? What feelings or attitudes are evoked for characters by the settings? Is the setting a neutral background or does it almost take on the role of a character?

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