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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. After making camp in "Thaw", what do Brown and Rick do?

2. According to Stalking Wolf, what must a person blend with their surroundings if they want to go undetected?

3. Who does Brown focus his tracking on in "Search"?

4. What causes Brown to lose the handicapped man's trail in "Search"?

5. What makes tracking the handicapped man in "Search" the hardest tracking Brown has ever done?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Brown agree to kill the wild dogs in "Outlaw Dogs"?

2. Who helps look for the lost handicapped man in "Search"?

3. Why does Brown know that poachers were killing deer in "Guardian"?

4. What makes Brown and Rick's goodbye so difficult in "The End of the World"?

5. In "Predator", how does Brown describe the deer he kills?

6. How does Brown describe his two near-death experiences in "Bear Smacking"?

7. How does the spiritual pattern of the woods affect Brown in "Predator"?

8. What does Brown do during the summer of "Thoreau Summer"?

9. What is invisible walking?

10. Why do people give up on the search for the handicapped man in "Search"?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

Brown's childhood is spent primarily roaming Pine Barrens instead of at home with his parents. How does this impact his growth? Why do his parents allow him such freedom? In what ways do the Pine Barrens become Brown's symbolic parents?

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