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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Brian plans to protect himself from the animals by doing what?
(a) Starting a fire
(b) Building a shelter
(c) Swimming to the other side of the lake
(d) Climbing a tree

2. Where was the airport located where Brian met the pilot?
(a) Bangor, ME
(b) Hampton, NY
(c) Newark, NJ
(d) Orlando, FL

3. What two items did Brian use to create spark?
(a) Watch crystal
(b) Two stones
(c) Two sticks
(d) Hatchet and black stone

4. What is Brian's mother's secret?
(a) She is a kleptomaniac.
(b) She doesn't know how to read.
(c) She was unfaithful.
(d) She lost her job.

5. Brian hoped the fire would keep what away?
(a) Burglars
(b) Porcupine
(c) Loneliness
(d) Mosquitoes

Short Answer Questions

1. For what type of food does Brian search?

2. What is the first plane Brian flies in?

3. What type of tree does Brian use to try and start the fire?

4. What were the people in Brian's dream trying to tell him?

5. How does Brian haul food back to the shelter?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Brian feel when he flies the plane for the first time?

2. Examine why landing on the ground might have been better.

3. Explain how Brian takes stock of his options.

4. Examine why Brian does not tell Terry about his mother?

5. Why were Brian and the sparks alike?

6. Name the three things Brian needs most to survive in the woods.

7. Examine how Brian knows as much as he does about living in the woods.

8. In what way does Brian consider himself to be lucky?

9. Name some ways in which Brian could tell his location?

10. What benefits were created by having a fire?

(see the answer keys)

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