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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 does Dick say in "Reflections" that he made out of tree burls and branch growths?

2. What month is it at the beginning of "Until Another Spring"?

3. What does Dick worry about when he hikes over the boulders on Falls Mountain?

4. Where does Dick store his cache ladder before leaving the wilderness?

5. Where does Dick say he keeps his sheep meat in "Red Runt"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What makes Dick decide to hike up Falls Mountain on July 2nd?

2. What comment does Dick make about the hunters' housekeeping skills?

3. Does the red runt like to scatter Dick's food?

4. How does Dick describe the sound of the Chilikadrotna River?

5. Why does Dick have to do more mending and repair because of the red runt?

6. Does Dick seem to admire the way the Indians built their rafts?

7. Describe what happens when the red runt gets into Dick's cache.

8. Why does Dick describe himself as an oddball?

9. What happens when Dick loses his axe?

10. When Dick spots a caribou bull while canoeing in the lake, what does he hope to do?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the role of photographs in the book. Do you think they make an important contribution to his Dick's wilderness experience? How so?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the importance of the axe and the rifle to Dick and his life in the wilderness. What role do they play in his survival? How does Dick feel when he is without these two items?

Essay Topic 3

Dick says in "Reflections" that he thinks "a man has missed a very deep feeling of satisfaction if he has never created or at least completed something with his own two hands." Identify three things that Dick created with his hands and discuss the satisfaction he receives from this creation.

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