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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 end of the lake is hilly?

2. How many days will it take before Brian will be ready to eat grub worms?

3. What did someone want to put Brian's face on?

4. How long does Brian think it looks like they have been at the lake by the time they've been there three days?

5. What color is the flint that Brian finds?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is the site selected that Derek and Brian go to?

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

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

4. Who are Derek, Bill, and Erik?

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

6. How does Brian say that grub worms are eaten?

7. What does Brian say nature is?

8. How have Brian's senses changed since his experience in the woods?

9. How does Brian make fire?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Brian considers the ways he changed after the fifty-four days he spent in the Canadian wilderness. Discuss how Brian changed after living alone in the wilderness and how Brian changed after his experiences with Derek.

Essay Topic 2

Brian remembers how he became famous after his wilderness survival experiences. Discuss why Brian became famous and how being famous affected his life.

Essay Topic 3

Brian encounters an area where beavers have felled a stand of poplars. Discuss beavers, their behavior, and how they helped Brian.

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