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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. At the end of "Predator", what does Brown say he will mostly hunt with?

2. How does Brown travel the Snake River in "Bear Smacking"?

3. What does Stalking Wolf say Brown and Rick have transformed into in this chapter?

4. In "Search", what does Brown discover the handicapped man to be eating?

5. What makes deer the hardest animals to track?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Brown comfort the handicapped man's family in "Search"?

2. In "Bear Smacking", how does Brown feel about the desert?

3. What does Brown say to himself after killing the deer in "Predator"?

4. In "Bear Smacking", what happens when Brown climbs the rock dome?

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

6. What happens when Brown encounters the drunks in "Thoreau Summer"?

7. In "Guardian", what does Brown do when he finds the poachers?

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

9. What makes the handicapped man's trail in "Search" the most difficult tracking Brown has ever done?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Brown's recognition of his calling in life build throughout the novel? Consider examples of foreshadowing along with the growth of Brown's skills. How does the author fulfill the need to give Brown a "happy ending"? How does he not?

Essay Topic 2

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?

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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