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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 do people miss a great deal, according to Stalking Wolf?

2. Where does Brown get his definition of a "holy source?"

3. What nature guide does Brown buy?

4. Why does Brown decide to not track at night that often?

5. In "Chickadee Survival", how do Brown and Rick find the lost 5-year-old boy?

Short Essay Questions

1. What story does Stalking Wolf tell about "smacking the bear"?

2. Why does Brown learn about mice?

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

4. What does Brown learn about night tracking in "Night Crawl"?

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

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

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

8. How does Brown end up getting out of the tree and escaping the dogs in "The Dog Tree"?

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

10. What does Stalking Wolf say will happen after Brown does his challenge in "Jersey Devil"?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe what happened between Brown, Rick and the construction company. What is symbolic about Brown's actions against the construction company? What does it mean that no one will see what Brown had to say?

Essay Topic 2

Compare and contrast the group of drunks with the group of poachers. What were their goals? What were their actions? What happened to each group?

Essay Topic 3

Using the events and ideas of this novel, explain how humanity can have a positive effect on nature as well as a negative effect. What does the author try to tell his reader about the effect of people on nature?

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