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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 nature guide does Brown buy?

2. What do the Boy Scout leaders think of the coming winter storm?

3. What does Brown do in "The Dog Tree" when he is chased by dogs?

4. In "Chickadee Survival", Brown says a person may not know where they are but what?

5. When does Brown begin to take tracking seriously?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when the wild dogs sneak up on Brown and Rick as they are celebrating finishing building their cabin?

2. At the end of "Night Crawl", what is Brown's final opinion of his camping trip?

3. What happened when Brown was attacked by a wild dog when he was 10?

4. What happens in "Omen" when Brown and Rick go into the pit?

5. In "The Ultimate Track", how does Brown describe tracking?

6. How do the Boy Scout leaders try to prepare for the storm in "Chickadee Survival"?

7. How is Brown able to stand the cold during his rite of passage in "Cold Training"?

8. In "The Ultimate Track", how do Brown and Rick prepare themselves to be trackers?

9. Why is Brown never afraid of the wilderness again in "Jersey Devil"?

10. Why does Brown learn about mice?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is the folktale behind the Jersey Devil? How does Brown conquer his fear of the Jersey Devil? What is important about this act? What does the Jersey Devil ultimately represent?

Essay Topic 2

Rick and Brown collect skulls. What is symbolic about the skulls? How does this act bind the two in friendship? What happens to the skulls when Rick moves away?

Essay Topic 3

What is bear smacking? Why does Brown try smacking a bear? What is symbolic about the results of this attempt?

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