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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 many houses are in Livingstonville?

2. What is one of Sam's favorite edible plants that Crystal has uprooted under power lines?

3. In Part 8, how far does Sam think that Alice and the pig may have walked?

4. In Part 9, what is the name of the brook Bando and Sam come across after following the slow stream?

5. What type of roof is on Burrough's summer lodge?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do the Rensselaerville Falls look like?

2. How does Sam know they leave the Catskill Mountains and enter the Helderbergs?

3. How did Alice get a pig?

4. Where does Sam find Bando after he visits the farm?

5. Why does Sam want to go to the farm and ask about Alice?

6. What do pigs eat?

7. In Part 7, what evidence does Sam find that Alice was in the wetland?

8. What is the game On the Track?

9. What do Sam and Bando have for their first lunch on the trail in Part 9?

10. Why doesn't Bando want to go to the farm and ask about Alice?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Sam decides that Alice is playing a game with him. What makes Sam realize that Alice is playing a game with him and not looking for her own place? What clues have there been all along that Alice is playing a game?

Essay Topic 2

Sam moves from a primitive life style to one where he creates water-powered tools. Why does Sam begin creating tools that use water power? Since he came to the mountain to get away from civilization, is it hard for him to embrace simple technology?

Essay Topic 3

Both Sam and Alice have plans for how to replace Frightful. What is Alice's plan? What is Sam's? Are they complementary?

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