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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 type of axe does Brian have?

2. What is Brian dreaming about in Chapter 4?

3. What power is Brian's monocular?

4. How weight is Brian's sleeping bag?

5. What does Brian use for a pillow?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Susan Smallhorn look like?

2. What does Brian decide to do about the dog?

3. Describe the area where the Smallhorn's live.

4. How do the Inuit hunt seal?

5. How is the dog injured that Brian finds in Chapter 4?

6. Why wouldn't it have been easy for Brian to move constantly during his first wilderness experience?

7. What were Brian's dreams like at first after the crash?

8. How does Brian feel about the fire he starts with matches?

9. Why do the Cree Indians usually have dark-haired malamute cross dogs?

10. Why does Brian think that a noise he hears in Chapter 1 is a squirrel or a mouse?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In Chapter 3, Brian considers how his attitude toward camping has changed. Compare and contrast Brian's attitude toward camping before and after his first wilderness experience.

Essay Topic 2

In Chapter 4, Brian uses his observational skills to discover what awakened him. Discuss Brian's observational skills and how he uses them.

Essay Topic 3

In Chapter 8, instinct drives Brian to pack up camp and head north. Discuss instinct and the reliance that Brian places upon instinct.

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