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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 the trading post consist of?
2. How far is the drop from the water to the shore when Brian works to get Derek on the raft?
3. On what creatures does Brian plan to use the weapons he is taking on the raft?
4. How long are the logs that Brian chooses for the raft?
5. How wide is the river where it leaves the lake?
Short Essay Questions
1. What horrible thought does Brian have toward morning as he struggles to return to the river?
2. What does Brian discover when he looks at a map he finds?
3. Why does Brian decide that he was foolish to leave the lake and trust the map?
4. Why is Brian frustrated when he passes six bends and still does not see the raft?
5. How does Brian get the logs to the lake?
6. Describe the trading post and the people who live there.
7. What does Brian decide when he hears a whooshing sound, at the end of Chapter 21?
8. What happens to Brian as the raft goes through the rapids?
9. What does Brian see when he begins hallucinating?
10. Why is Brian constantly fighting the raft at first?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Many times in the novel, Brian struggles with nature and with himself. Discuss conflict in the novel and how it affects the plot.
Essay Topic 2
By their fourth day in the wilderness, Brian is disgruntled when the survival experience turns into one big happy camping trip. Discuss why Brian believes there is a problem with the way things are going and why Derek does not believe there is a problem with the survival experience at that point in time.
Essay Topic 3
Brian is surprised how easy it is for him to get on the bush plane with Derek. Discuss Brian's feelings about flying, and how he deals with his feelings when he boards the plane and the plane takes off.
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