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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. What creature startles a caterer at the end of Chapter 14?

2. At the end of Chapter 15, how long does it rain?

3. In Chapter 21, what do Wahoo, Link, and Tuna huddle under after the engine dies on the air boat?

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

5. In Chapter 13, how long do the air boats travel before they stop at a pond?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. In Chapter 20, why does Wahoo decide not to try to flag down an air boat that is nearby them?

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

5. In Chapter 32, what does Mickey try to get Jared to do and how does that work out?

6. What does Tuna say about Link, the air boat driver, and his sister?

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

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

9. Why does one of the catering staff scream at the end of Chapter 15?

10. What is told about the Florida mastiff bat in Chapter 15?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Both Wahoo and Tuna sometimes have to act as the adults in the relationships with their fathers. How are Tuna and Wahoo examples of role reversal as relates to the usual parent/child relationship? What does this role reversal reveal about these characters and their maturity?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

In the last chapters of the novel several characters show courage and bravery. What characters are brave and courageous in the last chapters of the novel? What do the actions of these characters reveal about bravery and cowardice?

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