View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. If trouble develops, how long will it take a plane to reach Brian and Derek at the lake?

2. At the end of Chapter 7, what do Brian and Derek find that they eat?

3. What sound do Brian and Derek hear as they drift off to sleep their second night?

4. What was the name of the pilot who died when Brian went into the wilderness last time?

5. What does the pilot of the plane have to listen to music?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do Brian and Derek compromise on the gear they will keep for their stay at the lake?

2. What do Derik, Bill, and Erik want Brian to teach them?

3. How did people bother Brian and a girl he met in school?

4. How was Brian hounded by the press when he returned home after surviving fifty-four days in the Canadian woods?

5. What does Brian say nature is?

6. How does Brian's mother feel about Brian going back into the wilderness?

7. What is the problem with Brian that Derek refers to in Chapter 7?

8. How does Brian make fire?

9. Who are Derek, Bill, and Erik?

10. How does Brian describe Derek, Bill, and Erik?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Brian is surprised how easy it is for him to get on the bush plane with Derek. Discuss Brian's feelings about flying, and how he deals with his feelings when he boards the plane and the plane takes off.

Essay Topic 2

Brian considers the ways he changed after the fifty-four days he spent in the Canadian wilderness. Discuss how Brian changed after living alone in the wilderness and how Brian changed after his experiences with Derek.

Essay Topic 3

Brian decides he has to get help and to take Derek with him. Discuss why Brian decides he has to get help and has to take Derek with him.

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 739 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample