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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. What tries to steal Brian's food?

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

3. Which of these things does not hinder Brian from building a new fire?

4. What does Brian say to the pilot after he identifies himself?

5. Why does Brian feel so hopeless?

Short Essay Questions

1. Examine Brian's sense of pride.

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

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

4. How does Brian's previous exposure to nature shows help him?

5. Why was Brian against leaving the fire?

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

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

8. Explain what made Brian notice the fish for the first time?

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

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

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

Brian's dream about the fire was insightful and prophetic, but only after Brian figured out what they were trying to say. Why do you think that the dream was cryptic? Why were Brian's father and Terry mute?

Essay Topic 3

Do you think that the gift of the hatchet was a peace offering to Brian, a simple gift, or mother's intuition? Examine the possibilities.

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