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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 Brian rolls over to get up, after the lightning strike?

2. What end of the lake is hilly?

3. How far is the lake where Derek and Brian are going from the lake where Brian stayed?

4. What type of animals like to eat grub worms?

5. What type of music does the pilot of the plane listen to?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is the lightning described, in Chapter 10?

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

3. What is the problem with Brian that Derek refers to in Chapter 7?

4. What does Brian see when he looks at Derek?

5. Why, in Chapter 10, does Brian believe that the rain won't bother him or Derek?

6. How did Brian discover fire when he was on his own?

7. What does Brian see and hear when he goes outside the lean-to the first night?

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

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

10. How does Brian tell Derek to deal with the mosquitoes?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Brian decides he has to get help and to take Derek with him. Discuss why Brian decides he has to get help and has to take Derek with him.

Essay Topic 2

When Brian is paddling the raft, he suffers from sleep deprivation. Discuss sleep deprivation and how it affects Brian.

Essay Topic 3

Brian considers good luck and bad luck and how it affects survival. Discuss good and bad luck and how it relates to Brian and the survival experiences.

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