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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 Peter fix to eat when Samuel returns in Chapter 22?

2. In Chapter 37, who visits Pax?

3. How wide is the river in places in Chapter 22?

4. In Chapter 22, who does Jade say used to live on the river she and Peter are testing?

5. What type of handle does the knife have that Vola gave Peter?

Short Essay Questions

1. What emergency alert do Samuel, Jade, and Peter receive in Chapter 24?

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. What news does Runt bring Pax in Chapter 37?

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

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

6. In Chapter 21, what does Pax learn about Peter when he finds his campsite?

7. In Chapter 35, how do Peter and Pax spend the next two days?

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

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

10. What happens when Pax and her daughter are swept up by the river?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Peter has one last talk with his father before his father dies. What do Peter and his father talk about during their last conversation? What does Peter learn about the importance of forgiveness through that conversation?

Essay Topic 2

Peter struggles with his emotions at the mill site in Chapter 26. How does he struggle with his emotions at the mill site? How does Jade try to him help him? Does she make the situation better or worse?

Essay Topic 3

Peter burns his belongings. Why does Peter burn his belongings? What does the fire symbolize?

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