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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. Charles feels he will become capable of doing a terrible and deadly thing if what occurs?
(a) He must become one with nature.
(b) He must complete the ritual.
(c) He must transform.
(d) The bee must sting him.

2. What is the name of the person who has been kidnapped?
(a) David Marshall.
(b) Howard Marshall.
(c) Tilman Barth.
(d) Charles Hobuhet.

3. When David and Charles reach the top of the ridge, what do they see?
(a) An albino snake.
(b) The lights of the city.
(c) Pitch blackness.
(d) A shooting star.

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

5. What does Charles tell David to get David to go with him?
(a) He wants to show him his pet rabbit.
(b) They are spirit brothers.
(c) His mother is waiting for him.
(d) It is a test of his manhood.

Short Answer Questions

1. What gives David confidence when Charles leads him into the woods?

2. What do the staff members at Charles's summer job call him?

3. Why does Charles choose to hide after he gives David some water?

4. What does the voice tell Charles to do as he leaves the woods in Section 2?

5. What heritage is the alleged kidnapper?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe the efforts undertaken by Charles to avoid capture.

3. What is Katsuk's reaction to David's curse and the questions he asks about the duck feathers afterward?

4. How does Katsuk rationalize Vince's death?

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

6. In the final part of Section 4, how does Charles transform, and what does he feel about himself after the transformation?

7. What does David do or say that makes him truly innocent in Katsuk's eyes? How does Katsuk feel about thinking that David is innocent? Why?

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

9. Describe the scene between Katsuk and Vince up until Vince's death.

10. To what does Charles compare Native American myth in one of his college anthropology papers? What do you think is his purpose in doing so?

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