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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the last thing Trisha hears before leaving the trail?
(a) A dog barking.
(b) Her brother's voice.
(c) Her mother's voice.
(d) Someone playing a radio loudly.

2. What does Trisha lose while running through the woods?
(a) Her sunglasses.
(b) Her earrings.
(c) Her sports watch.
(d) Her rubber band for her ponytail.

3. What sound does Trisha hear for a minute while in the bog?
(a) A motorboat.
(b) A helicoptor.
(c) A man's voice.
(d) A dog barking.

4. How far into the trail does the family walk when Quilla and Pete begin to argue?
(a) About three steps.
(b) A mile.
(c) One hundred yards.
(d) Half a mile.

5. What kind of vehicles does Quilla drive?
(a) Saturn.
(b) Ford.
(c) Toyota.
(d) Dodge.

6. Why does Trisha faint?
(a) She thinks she'll never find the trail.
(b) She gets hit in the head with a large nut.
(c) She thinks a snake is near her.
(d) She lost too much blood from the branch that poked her.

7. How far from the area being searched by the search parties has Trisha traveled?
(a) Seven miles.
(b) Five miles.
(c) Four miles.
(d) Nine miles.

8. What does Quilla ask Trisha if she remembered to pack?
(a) Rash ointment.
(b) Bug spray.
(c) Her doll.
(d) Her soft drink.

9. What food does Tom Gordon offer to buy for Trisha in her daydream?
(a) Popcorn.
(b) Ice cream.
(c) Hot dog.
(d) Hamburger.

10. What is Trisha's doll named?
(a) Emma.
(b) Sarah.
(c) Edna.
(d) Mona.

11. What kind of berries does Trisha find?
(a) Blueberries.
(b) Checkerberries.
(c) Blackberries.
(d) Thimble berries.

12. How long does Trisha stay latched onto the ash tree the second time she holds onto it?
(a) 25 minutes.
(b) Three minutes.
(c) 30 seconds.
(d) 10 minutes.

13. What soda does Trisha have in her bag?
(a) Surge.
(b) Coca cola.
(c) Pepsi.
(d) Sprite.

14. What ailment does Trisha wake up with after her first night in the forest?
(a) A headache.
(b) Sore feet.
(c) A bruised forehead.
(d) A stiff neck.

15. What is it that probably brushes against Trisha, causing her to faint?
(a) A vine.
(b) A bush.
(c) A flower.
(d) A snake.

Short Answer Questions

1. What state do Trisha, Pete, and Quilla live in?

2. What item from Trisha's lunch does she wish she had three move of?

3. What color are the bubbles in the bog?

4. What word does Trisha say over and over as she traverses the bog?

5. Which is one of the animals Trisha prays would distract her brother?

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