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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 is the first question that Ashley asks Ben after awakening in Chapter 24?

2. What does Ben use, along with sticks, to make the bow in Chapter 23?

3. Where does Ashley say she and her fiance would now be on their honeymoon in Chapter 23?

4. The house described in the opening of Chapter 47 is white with what color shutters?

5. What does Ben say the key is for that is attached to his recorder in Chapter 23?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Napoleon represent in the novel?

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

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

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

6. How is Ben's visit with Grover's wife described?

7. Why does Ben choose to shoot the calf instead of the mother moose?

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

9. Why does the author allude to the film Jeremiah Johnson in the novel?

10. What tools do Ben and Ashley have at their disposal when they leave the crash site?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the author's use of foreshadowing in The Mountain Between Us. What are some of the clues in the novel that indicate the realities that are revealed at the end of the story? Did the novel's ending surprise you? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the narrative style of The Mountain Between Us. From whose perspective is the story related? Why do you think the author made this choice? How would the novel differ if related from a different narrative perspective?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the different narrative styles between the main plot line (Ben and Ashley's escape from the mountain) and Ben's narration to Rachel. How does the author differentiate between these narratives? What does this back-and-forth style reveal to the reader?

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