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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. How does Ben manage to get back to Ashley with help in Chapter 45?
(a) By truck.
(b) By helicopter.
(c) By snowmobile.
(d) By car.

2. When does the narrator say the plane landed in Jacksonville in Chapter 49?
(a) Just after 5 p.m.
(b) Noon.
(c) Just after 2 p.m.
(d) Just after 4 p.m.

3. What Tom Hanks movie does Ben describe in Chapter 31?
(a) Forrest Gump.
(b) Castaway.
(c) Saving Private Ryan.
(d) Big.

4. How tall at the shoulders does Ben describe the mother moose as being in Chapter 40?
(a) 8 feet tall.
(b) 7 feet tall.
(c) 5 feet tall.
(d) 6 feet tall.

5. What is the term for the bag that sleeping bags come in?
(a) Stuff sacks.
(b) Sleepers.
(c) Rucksacks.
(d) Bag sacks.

Short Answer Questions

1. What John Wayne movie does Ben cite in Chapter 24?

2. Who is sitting with Ashley when Ben returns to her hospital room in Chapter 48?

3. What kind of animal has Napoleon killed in Chapter 34?

4. What animal tracks are outside of the shelter in Chapter 26?

5. What color is the sled that Ben brings back to the A-frame in Chapter 36?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens to the sled in Chapter 27? Why?

2. What do Ben and Ashley see on their 14th day after the crash that gives them hope?

3. What does the mother moose symbolize in the novel?

4. How does Ashley respond when Ben suggests they must decide whether to stay at the A-frame or to continue onward?

5. Why does Ashley insist Ben leave her behind? Why does he refuse?

6. How does Ben respond when Ashley asks him if he has been tempted being with her?

7. What tools have been found at the A-frame that make Ben and Ashley's journey easier?

8. Whom does Ben speak with about Ashley's condition at the hospital? How is her condition?

9. What is ironic about the National Forest that Ben and Ashley are apparenly lost in?

10. How are Ben and Ashley injured during the avalanche?

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