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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 metaphor does Brian use to describe the weight of the water when he falls off the raft?

2. Where does Brian prick Derek with a knife to see if he is responsive?

3. What did the raft weigh at the end of the journey?

4. How many logs does Brian decide will be needed side by side?

5. When Brian figures how fast the raft is traveling, how long does he estimate it will take to reach the trading post?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Brian decide he can't leave Derek to go for help?

2. What is determined about Derek's condition, and how well does he recover?

3. What does Brian see when he begins hallucinating?

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

5. Why is Brian frustrated when he passes six bends and still does not see the raft?

6. What does Brian see and hear, toward the end of Chapter 24?

7. Why does Brian decide that he was foolish to leave the lake and trust the map?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the protagonist and antagonist in the novel and how the conflicts between them advance plot.

Essay Topic 3

Throughout the novel, the author refers to the back story when Brian survived on his own. Discuss the back story and how the author tells the back story.

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