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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 caused the trees to fall?
(a) Wind
(b) Beaver
(c) Ice storm
(d) Logger

2. What noise startles Brian from his cooking chores?
(a) A hissing snake
(b) Sound of a plane
(c) Thunder
(d) Rustling in the woods

3. What image scares Brian the most?
(a) Hail falling from the sky
(b) Animal carcasses
(c) The dead pilot
(d) Vultures

4. A group of what lives on the opposite shore?
(a) Coyotes
(b) Foolbirds
(c) Turtles
(d) Beavers

5. Why is Brian so angry with himself?
(a) He broke an arrow.
(b) He cut his hand.
(c) He dropped the hatchet.
(d) He does not know how to swim.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long has it been since the plane crashed?

2. Why did Brian have a hard time figuring out what animal had visited?

3. Why does Brian feel so hopeless?

4. Brian spends the afternoon and early evening doing what?

5. What type of wood is used to create the new tool?

Short Essay Questions

1. Examine the reason the fish spear did not work.

2. How was Brian beginning to change?

3. What was Brian's reaction to the emergency transmitter?

4. Discuss the exchange between Brian and the wolf.

5. What good thing came out of Brian's frustration at the lack of entry into the plane?

6. What was the biggest danger of going back into the plane?

7. Explain how mistakes in the wilderness are different from mistakes in city life?

8. Why was Brian against leaving the fire?

9. What is proven by Brian's refusal to give up?

10. What did the storm and wreckage of the campsite teach Brian?

(see the answer keys)

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