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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 type of meat does Brian fix for supper, in Chapter 3?

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

3. What clothing line did someone want to create using Brian's name?

4. What direction do the storms come from at the lake?

5. Where does Derek say they always held their survival courses?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How does Brian feel when he realizes Derek may not wake up any time soon and that everything now rests on Brian?

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

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

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

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

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

9. What does Brian see when the lightning strikes the shelter?

10. How does Brian's mother feel about Brian going back into the wilderness?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 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 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.

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