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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. How many cokes would Brian like to drink?

2. What sound do Brian and Derek hear as they drift off to sleep their second night?

3. Where did Brian, Derek, and their pilot leave the runway?

4. How long after Derek first met Brian do they head to the wilderness?

5. What simile does Brian use to describe the greenness of the trees when they land?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Brian make fire?

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

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

4. Who are Derek, Bill, and Erik?

5. How does Derek describe the survival experience he had?

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

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

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

9. Why is Derek the one to go into the wilderness with Brian?

10. What does Brian say nature is?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Brian finds a better shelter for Derek and himself. Compare and contrast the two shelters that Brian and Derek have.

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