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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 type of sandwiches has Jack eaten in Chapter 17?

2. Who gave the man who cares for Jack and Early a book of poetry?

3. What do Gunnar and the boys have to eat after fly fishing and survival training?

4. Where is the bulls eye tacked up in Chapter 29?

5. What color does Early say the zeroes are in Chapter 27?

Short Essay Questions

1. At the beginning of Chapter 26, what is Jack reminded about Early?

2. What was in Martin's room?

3. Why does Jack think that Jesus was a likely candidate for fly-fishing?

4. Why do Jack and Early think the skeleton they find is Martin Johannsen?

5. Why does Jack think Early might be hurt at the end of Chapter 27?

6. How did Gunnar compromise MacScott's dogs' sense of smell?

7. What did the old woman want Early and Jack do and why?

8. In "Land of Lost Souls," what does Pi see?

9. How did Gunnar get the scars on his back?

10. What does the Bear Knuckle Inn look like?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Jack struggles to adjust to Morton Hill. Why is it so difficult for Jack to adjust to Morton Hill. In what way is the adjustment caused by the new surroundings and by missing his mother?

Essay Topic 2

Jack remembers how his mother tried to help him after he got lost after a Boy Scout camp. How did his mother help him with that incident and how did she keep him from being lost emotionally when she was alive?

Essay Topic 3

Jack begins to see Early as a normal boy. How does Jack view Early at the beginning of the novel? How does his opinion of Early change, and how does that lead to the boys becoming friends?

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