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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. Who gave Ben his compass?
(a) Tom.
(b) Ashley.
(c) Rachel.
(d) Grover.

2. What activity brought Ben and his wife together?
(a) Basketball.
(b) Swimming.
(c) Running.
(d) Tennis.

3. What is Ben's last name?
(a) Payne.
(b) Smith.
(c) Anderson.
(d) Knox.

4. What colors are the plane that Ben and Ashley crashed in?
(a) Red and white.
(b) Green and yellow.
(c) Blue and white.
(d) Blue and yellow.

5. On what day of the week is Ben's flight set to depart in Chapter 1?
(a) Saturday.
(b) Monday.
(c) Sunday.
(d) Thursday.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what month does Chapter 1 begin?

2. When Ben first sees Ashley in Chapter 1, he compares her to Winona Ryder in what movie based on her appearance?

3. How much of a person's body heat is lost through the head, according to the narrator in Chapter 5?

4. What is the name of Grover's dog?

5. How does Ben describe his father in Chapter 6?

Short Essay Questions

1. What role does running play in the narrative?

2. What does Ben discern about their situation once he makes it to the crest of the mountain on which the plane crashed?

3. Where and how does Ben bury Grover?

4. How does Ben describe his first meeting with Rachel?

5. What injuries does Ben sustain in the plane crash?

6. What injuries does Ashley sustain in the plane crash?

7. How does Ben describe his college years?

8. What is the first food that Ben finds for him and Ashley? How does he capture it?

9. How does Ben describe his and Rachel's move to Jacksonville from Denver?

10. What is Ben's favorite gift he gave to Rachel? Why?

(see the answer keys)

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