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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 does Yakov use to wake Joe?

2. What new tracks does he find as he continues south?

3. Which berries do little for Joe's hunger?

4. What does Joe long for after killing the bear?

5. What is Joe scared he might never have again?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Mack cause the helicopter to crash?

2. What information does Pennington give Zamatev about Mack?

3. What does Colonel Zamatev already know about Mack?

4. What is Zamatev's relationship with Kyra?

5. What does Mack do with the bear he sees?

6. How does Mack anger Peshkov in this section?

7. Why is Mack not worried about Peshkov in this section?

8. Why is Mack worried about Alekhin?

9. Why does Mack want to find his own place to stay?

10. What is Mack's routine at the village?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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 3

How does the author represent the relationship between Russia and America? What does this representation say about 1950s society at the time?

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