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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 does Brian estimate the temperature to be after the snowstorm?

2. What does Brian hear as he falls asleep after his feast?

3. What does Brian fall asleep dreaming of in Chapter 14?

4. What does Brian make new shoes from?

5. What does Brian make a sauce from for his feast?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Brian do with all of his moose meat?

2. Describe what has make the gunshot noises in Chapter 13.

3. How do the snowshoes change things for Brian?

4. How did Brian make his footwear?

5. Describe the line that Brian sees and why he's so interested in it.

6. Brian begins the task of butchering the moose by skinning it. Explain how he does this.

7. What does Brian witness a pack of wolves do?

8. Describe how cold it is in Chapter 15?

9. What does Brian discover at the end of the trail that he's following in Chapter 17?

10. How does Brian get the deer meat back to his camp?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain the concept of territory. Is it only important in the wilderness or is it important elsewhere?

Essay Topic 2

Describe other literary devices in this book, including similes and metaphors.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss how this book might be different if the main character were female?

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