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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. Which of these things doesn't Brian remember about that day?
2. Where was the rest of the food kept?
3. To what does Brian compare his thoughts?
4. What was the animal that wandered into the shelter?
5. What happened when Brian realized the plane was going to run out of fuel?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why does the plan to reach help through the radio fail?
2. Examine how Brian knows as much as he does about living in the woods.
3. What are Brian's choices after the pilot dies?
4. Explain why Brian chooses the water as the place to land the plane.
5. How does Brian feel when he flies the plane for the first time?
6. What makes Brian hook the hatchet to his belt?
7. Examine why Brian does not tell Terry about his mother?
8. Explain how Brian takes stock of his options.
9. Examine why landing on the ground might have been better.
10. Explain why Brian blames his mother for the current situation.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
On more than one occasion, Brian had encounters with the animals. Most notably the meeting with the wolf and the bear. Examine animal intelligence and how underestimating that intelligence might have been a fatal error for Brian. What might have happened if Brian had tried to dominate the animals rather than respect their space? How would you feel if confronted by a bear?
Essay Topic 2
The confrontation with the bear was scary and exciting. Why did Brian stop running? Examine the encounter from the bear's point of view. Discuss how a human might provoke a bear? Examine humans as threats to animals and their young.
Essay Topic 3
Brian kept track of his "First Days" as a way of marking time in an unconventional way. Two different times, Brian celebrated his rebirth into a new person. Explain why it was important for Brian to realize that he was evolving and the purpose of keeping track of those days.
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