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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 logs does Brian decide will be needed side by side?

2. What does Brian think he hears the morning of the next day, in Chapter 24?

3. What is Brian holding when he realizes what he is doing, at the beginning of Chapter 24?

4. How many maps of the area did Derek have before they left for their survival experience?

5. How fast does Brian believe the current in the river flows?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Brian nearly miss seeing the raft?

2. What does Brian see when he begins hallucinating?

3. Where does Brian put a note in case someone comes looking for them before they make it to the trading post?

4. What does Brian find in Derek's briefcase?

5. Why is Brian constantly fighting the raft at first?

6. What is Brian's state of mind as he paddles, in Chapter 24?

7. What does Brian discover when he looks at a map he finds?

8. What horrible thought does Brian have toward morning as he struggles to return to the river?

9. What does Brian do to Derek to see if he is responsive?

10. What happens to Brian as the raft goes through the rapids?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Brian suffers many ordeals that influence how he feels and the mood of the story. Discuss the overall mood of the novel.

Essay Topic 2

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 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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