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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 what industry is the kidnapped person's family?
(a) Diamonds.
(b) Construction.
(c) Real estate.
(d) Logging.

2. Why does Charles feel he needs to take a new name?
(a) To be cooler in school.
(b) To express his individuality.
(c) To change his boring name.
(d) To preserve his Native American soul.

3. What are David and Charles surprised by in Section 4?
(a) A flock of ravens.
(b) A frightened fox.
(c) A large crack in the earth.
(d) A bobcat.

4. What does the voice tell Charles to do as he leaves the woods in Section 2?
(a) Change his name.
(b) Return to the university.
(c) Find peace.
(d) Kill an innocent.

5. What do David and Charles eat after David counts the rocks?
(a) Grouse.
(b) Squirrel.
(c) Rabbit.
(d) Fish.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Charles begin to eat after telling David that they will be protected?

2. Why does Charles congratulate David in Section 4?

3. What is kidnapper's reason for taking his victim?

4. What does Charles do to cleanse his body?

5. Who did Charles imagine spoke to him in Section 2?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does David's counselor say about David when speaking with the media?

2. What is the purpose of the author including the anthropologist and his analysis of Charles?

3. The author uses a curious method of opening the story. Outline that method and what you think it does for the introduction?

4. Why does Katsuk feel the need to keep his hatred pure?

5. Color is an important tool in the sections featuring David Marshall. The boy often focuses on bright colors in the room when he is imagining or lost in his own thoughts. What is an example of this in Section 1?

6. What do the events of Section 10 tell you about the relationship between Katsuk and David? How does Katsuk feel about this and why?

7. Why do you think David feels a spiritual connection to Katsuk?

8. What methods does David use in an effort to help guide the rescuers toward him?

9. When David is first kidnapped, what does he think of the man that he calls "The Chief"?

10. After the storm, what happened at Katsuk's relatives' camp? Why do the relatives feel this happened? What do they give Katsuk as a peace offering?

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