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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 does Derek do when Brian places Derek on his back?

2. What does Brian call the experience he had in the Canadian woods?

3. After the men leave, how long does Brian have until his mother gets home?

4. What happens when Brian rolls over to get up, after the lightning strike?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. How do Brian and Derek compromise on the gear they will keep for their stay at the lake?

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

7. Who are Derek, Bill, and Erik?

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

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

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 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

There are problems that Brian faces throughout the novel. Discuss the problems Brian faces and how he solves them.

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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