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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 item of Mack's did Alekhin find at the helicopter crash?

2. Which character dies in this section?

3. Where does Alekhin decide to track Mack down from?

4. Who does Alekhin think Mack plans to kill?

5. Which of the following is a reason why Natalya does not want to wait for Bocharev?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Mack escape the soldiers at the end of the chapter?

2. Why does Kyra think Ostap is a good choice in assisting with the tracking?

3. How does Yakov help Natayla?

4. How does Peshkov die?

5. What problems is Mack having in this chapter?

6. What do Baronas and Natayla plan to do?

7. Why do Natayla and her father think they are in danger at the end of this section?

8. Why does Mack decide to rescue Yakov?

9. How does Mack stop the soldiers after him in this section?

10. What does Alekhin learn about Mack's habits?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The author writes The Last of the Breed in the third person. Why do you think the author chose to write the story in the third person? How do you think the meaning of the story would change if the author wrote it in the first person?

Essay Topic 2

How does Mack escape the soldiers after him? What does Mack's attitude towards the soldiers reveal about his character?

Essay Topic 3

Choose one of the following statements and write an argument for or against it.

1. Mack cannot be regarded as a hero because he kills many people and often with no real reason.

2. The novel presents Indians as savages.

3. The author misrepresents Russian culture to make America look better.

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