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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. When do the Indian people kill a bear?

2. What does Joe realize he needs to actually escape Siberia?

3. What are the four virtues of a Sioux warrior?

4. What is the name of the man who tortured Zamatev during the war?

5. Who is Pennington suspicious of?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Kyra want to change the guards at the Chinese border?

2. How does Mack convince the man to let him go?

3. What does Mack remember about the Siberian terrain?

4. Why does Mack decide to leave the village?

5. What does Mack do with the reindeer he kills?

6. How did Mack know what to do with the locks the minute he saw them?

7. How does Mack prepare to leave the village?

8. How does Yakov help Mack?

9. What does Colonel Zamatev already know about Mack?

10. Describe the cells the guards take Mack back to?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare Mack's character to the person he is at the beginning of the book to the he is at the end.

1. What did Mack hope to achieve at the beginning of the book?

2. What events changes Mack's ideas about life?

3. How has Mack's character changed by the end of the book?

Essay Topic 2

How much do the students think that L"Amour's representation of the Soviets is effected by political matters at the time? How do the students think a Russian writer would have represented the Americans in this story?

Essay Topic 3

Choose one of the following statements and write an argument for or against it.

1. Mack cannot be regarded as a hero because he kills many people and often with no real reason.

2. The novel presents Indians as savages.

3. The author misrepresents Russian culture to make America look better.

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