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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. What hindered Brian's search for firewood?
(a) Bears
(b) Rain
(c) Sore leg
(d) Darkness

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

3. What wakes Brian?
(a) His ailing stomach
(b) Growling
(c) Nightmares
(d) The sound of a plane

4. What was the first thing the plane hit before it landed?
(a) Birds
(b) Water
(c) Sand
(d) Pine trees

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which piece of information was not vital to discovering the plane's location?

2. Which emotion did Brian equate with the bear?

3. Where does the pilot sit in the plane?

4. Brian compared his attackers to what?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does the plan to reach help through the radio fail?

2. Examine why it was not possible for Brian to hear his father or Terry in the dreams.

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

4. What are Brian's feelings toward his mother at this time?

5. What encourages Brian not to give up on the fire?

6. Discuss what might have happened if Brian was unable to remove the quills from his leg.

7. Name at least two things for which Brian should be grateful.

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

9. What makes Brian hook the hatchet to his belt?

10. Explain how Brian feels when the plane finally stops.

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