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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 is Jack's favorite jam?

2. How many tracks do Early and Jack find in Chapter 26?

3. What type of dogs were on the barge in Chapter 16?

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

5. How does the old woman that Jack and Early see in Chapter 24 wear her hair?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the Bear Knuckle Inn look like?

2. What was in Martin's room?

3. In Chapter 22, what does Jack find in his backpack that weren't there the night before?

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

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

6. In Chapter 24, what does the clearing look like where Jack and Early find themselves?

7. What do Early and Jack have after the barge leaves in Chapter 18?

8. In Chapter 26, what signs do Jack and Early find of the Great Bear?

9. What do Early and Jack see when they find an old logging camp?

10. How did Gunnar get to the place where Jack and Early find him?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Jack feels lost after the regatta. What other times has Jack felt lost? Why does Jack feel so lost and without direction?

Essay Topic 2

Both Jack and Gunnar find themselves at the end of the world. In what ways to Gunnary and Jack find themselves physically and figuratively at the end of the world?

Essay Topic 3

Jack sees himself in the "Sweetie Pie." How do the boats the "Sweetie Pie" and "Maine" symbolize Jack's sense of self-worth and the way he is moving toward recovery from his mother's death?

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