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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. Where does Brian's mother work?
(a) Law office.
(b) Doctor's office.
(c) Dentist's office.
(d) Real estate office.

2. As Brian is being soaked by the rain, what does he think of?
(a) Sitting with his mother at the dining room table.
(b) Being alone in the woods.
(c) Doing something with his father.
(d) Being with Deborah.

3. What direction do the storms come from at the lake?
(a) North, northwest.
(b) South, southwest.
(c) East.
(d) West.

4. By Chapter 9, how much firewood have Brian and Derek collected?
(a) Enough for 6-7 days.
(b) Enough for a couple days.
(c) Enough for a month.
(d) Enough for three weeks.

5. What does Brian fix for a side dish, in Chapter 3?
(a) Pasta.
(b) Salad.
(c) Baked potatoes.
(d) Fruit salad.

Short Answer Questions

1. How large is the moon when Brian slips out of their crude lean-to?

2. What is Derek reaching for when he is struck by lighting?

3. How long does Brian wait for Derek to wake up?

4. When the lean-to doesn't protect Brian and Derek from the rain, where do they try to shelter?

5. At the end of Chapter 7, what do Brian and Derek find that they eat?

Short Essay Questions

1. How was Brian hounded by the press when he returned home after surviving fifty-four days in the Canadian woods?

2. How does Brian describe Derek, Bill, and Erik?

3. How does Brian fight his fear when the plane ascends?

4. What do Derik, Bill, and Erik want Brian to teach them?

5. How long does Brian believe it might be before someone would come looking for him and Derek?

6. What gear do Brian and Derek have when the plane leaves?

7. Describe the place that Brian finds for a shelter.

8. How did people bother Brian and a girl he met in school?

9. How does Brian feel after being in the rain all night?

10. Why does Brian refuse to take the gear Derek packed for their stay in the wilderness?

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