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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 fall asleep dreaming of in Chapter 14?

2. What does the man offer Brian to eat?

3. What does Brian make a pattern on the animal skins with?

4. What weapon helps Brian with a plan to make snowshoes?

5. What special day does Brian decide to celebrate in Chapter 12?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What problem does Brian experience using the new bow to shoot rabbits?

3. What does Brian do in Chapter 13 when he hears gunshots at night?

4. Brian sees a mouse in Chapter 8. What does he learn from the mouse?

5. Why doesn't Brian immediately go find the source of the popping sounds once he realizes that it's too warm for trees to explode any longer?

6. How does Brian spend his time during the storms of Chapter 11?

7. Why does Brian say in Chapter 14, "this is as bad as it gets"?

8. What pattern does the winter weather take in Chapter 12?

9. How does Brian make snowshoes?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the imagery found in "Brian's Winter."

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

The author ends several chapters with an omniscient viewpoint that serves to warn the reader of what is to come. Why does he do this?

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