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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 24, what do Peter, Jade, and Samuel use to start a fire?
(a) Twigs.
(b) Old mouse and squirrel nests.
(c) Pine needles.
(d) Reeds.

2. In Chapter 28, how long do Peter, Jade and Samuel hike in silence?
(a) Another couple hours.
(b) 1 1/2 hours.
(c) 2 1/2 hours.
(d) About 3 hours.

3. Where does Pax find his daughter in Chapter 29?
(a) Roots of a tree.
(b) In the sand at the edge of the river.
(c) Small sand bar.
(d) A tangle of weeds.

4. What kneesocks does Peter remember he saved that belonged to his mother?
(a) Candy-cane striped.
(b) Flowered.
(c) Dark purple.
(d) Bright pink.

5. In Chapter 23, what birds claim territory in the willow scrub across the river?
(a) Ravens.
(b) Meadowlarks.
(c) Red-winged blackbirds.
(d) Jays.

Short Answer Questions

1. After three days at the pond in Chapter 19, which of the vixen's legs twitches after she tries to stand?

2. About how far from where Jade and Peter are testing the river in Chapter 22 did some of Jade's family live?

3. How wide does Peter believe the river is in Chapter 32?

4. What type of house does Peter pass on the way to the mill that was abandoned long before the war?

5. Across the river from the old mill wheel what does Peter recognize in Chapter 32 that he recognizes where he found a fox carcass last year?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Peter remember happened to his mother's things after she died?

2. Why does Peter remember thinking he did not deserve a pet when he and his father when on a camping trip when he was eight?

3. In Chapter 33, why does Pax not connect with Peter the first time he sees him?

4. What advice does Jade give Peter in Chapter 26?

5. Why does Peter throw something at Pax's kit in Chapter 38?

6. In Chapter 28, what does Peter remember about an encounter with a guard at the mill last year?

7. How does Pax describe humans to his Kit in Chapter 31?

8. In Chapter 34, what does Peter remember doing with Pax when they connect?

9. In Chapter 19, what memory does Pax have of a camping trip with Peter and his father?

10. In Chapter 38, where does Peter find some food?

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