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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. Why are the bull moose fighting?
(a) There are too many males.
(b) It is rutting season.
(c) There is not enough food.
(d) There are too many females.

2. Why might so many people who are stranded die?
(a) They don't know anything about the wilderness or the mountains.
(b) There are too many people around for the amount of game.
(c) The river is frozen so it is difficult to fish.
(d) Everything looks the same when covered with snow.

3. How long are the rapids that are ahead of Jason?
(a) Four miles.
(b) One mile.
(c) Five miles.
(d) Three miles.

4. What does spring do for the river?
(a) Makes it passable.
(b) Makes it dry up.
(c) It has no effect on the river.
(d) Makes it chunky with ice.

5. What does Jason tell Charlie about Charlie being there?
(a) Jason does not want him there.
(b) Jason needs him there.
(c) Charlie will have to leave because there is not enough food.
(d) Jason does not care if he is there or not.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jason try to hide from Charlie?

2. What does Jason find at two villages and a cabin?

3. What does Jason think he might be able to find at a village?

4. What do the boys do to pass the time?

5. What are some of the people on the river called?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Jason decide is their only option for survival?

2. What significant day is coming up in Chapter 22 and how is that time of year affecting the people in the area?

3. How does Jason find the bear?

4. How does Jason's decision about paddling work out and what does he near at the end of Chapter 14?

5. How do the boys pass the time and what is learned about Henderson's story?

6. How does Jason find his brothers and what kind of prank does he decide to play?

7. What do Jason and Charlie do when they leave the area of the cabin?

8. What does Jason worry about at the lake and what does he decide he has to have?

9. How does Jason meet Charlie?

10. What are others doing with the caribou and what does Jason do?

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