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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 happens when Ben is pulled down into a snowdrift in Chapter 27?

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

3. What does Ben claim to use to help him sleep in Chapter 24?

4. What movie does Ben describe as a wilderness story with a silly romantic ending in Chapter 34?

5. What does Ben do in order to help Ashley's leg in Chapter 34?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Ashley realize about Rachel in the end of the novel?

3. How does Ben repair the makeshift sled after it has been damaged?

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

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

6. What appears to be the primary reason for Ben's separation from his wife based on his dictations into the recorder?

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

8. What happens after Ben shoots the moose calf?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the theme of love in The Mountain Between Us. What does love mean to the two main characters? How do their feelings about love change in the course of the story? Why?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the motif of running in The Mountain Between Us. What compelled Ben to become a track star? Why did he stop pursuing track? How does his experience give him an advantage in the novel?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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