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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. How does the settlement ensure its survival?

2. What animal dislikes Joe's smell?

3. Which region would provide Joe more game?

4. Why does Mack think Alekhin will be harder to hide from?

5. Where is the engineer studying?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Mack prepare to leave the village?

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

3. Why is Mack worried about Alekhin?

4. Why does Mack decide to leave the village?

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

6. Why does the colonel think Mack would be interested in meeting Alekhin?

7. Why does Mack think Zamatev is good at his job?

8. Why is a bow so important for Mack?

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

10. What does Mack see when he steps into the sunlight?

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

Examine the author's writing style. How would you describe the author's prose style? What kind of vocabulary does he use? What meaning does the author's style give to the story?

Essay Topic 3

The author writes The Last of the Breed in the third person. Why do you think the author chose to write the story in the third person? How do you think the meaning of the story would change if the author wrote it in the first person?

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