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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. Brian compares a clearing in the woods to what?

2. Which one of these things is not seen in the water?

3. What does Brian consider his survival skills to be?

4. How does Brian trap the potential food?

5. What types of trees were dead on the ground?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why was Brian determined to get back into the plane?

2. How was Brian beginning to change?

3. Why was Brian reluctant to eat the eggs?

4. Explain the fascination of the creatures in the water.

5. Examine Brian's sense of pride.

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

7. How did Brian feel when the rescue plane landed?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Brian found a bush of "gut cherries" and devoured many of them. Since Brian knew nothing about gut cherries, was it a good idea to eat the berries? Examine what might have happened if the berries were highly poisonous. (Choke cherries, aka "gut cherries" are poisonous in large quantities, especially when they are overripe.)

Essay Topic 2

One of the first items Brian focused on in the survival pack was the emergency transmitter yet he put it aside without much examination. Why did Brian dismiss the transmitter without thoroughly testing it? How might the water have affected this life saving item? How is it possible that the pilot heard the transmitter but Brian could not?

Essay Topic 3

The pilot's heart attack left Brian in the plane with no skill or instruction. Do you think this was a standard procedure? Should there have been a co-pilot? What might you have done in this situation?

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