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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 fur is on the rug in the place where Jack wakes in Chapter 20?

2. What does Early apply to Jack's hand in Chapter 30?

3. After visiting a cabin in Chapter 27, what direction do Jack and Early travel?

4. In Chapter 17, what does Early think he sees in the stars?

5. What does the old woman call Jack in Chapter 24?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does the Bear Knuckle Inn look like?

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. How does MacScott die?

10. What was in Martin's room?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Gunnar tells Jack he should take a more active role in his pursuits. Why does Gunnar tell Jack to take a more active role in his activities and how does Gunnar suggest Jack do that?

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 considers shrines that he has seen in Kansas and now in Maine. What shrines are Jack familiar with and what do those shrines represent in his life and the lives of his friends, family, and school mates?

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