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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 color is the flint that Brian finds?

2. When the lean-to doesn't protect Brian and Derek from the rain, where do they try to shelter?

3. What shape is the lake where Derek and Brian land?

4. When was the last weekly check-in made before the lightning strike?

5. How long does Brian wait for Derek to wake up?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Brian make fire?

2. What does Brian say nature is?

3. Who are Derek, Bill, and Erik?

4. Why is Derek the one to go into the wilderness with Brian?

5. What does Brian see and hear when he goes outside the lean-to the first night?

6. How is the lightning described, in Chapter 10?

7. What gear do Brian and Derek have when the plane leaves?

8. How does Brian fight his fear when the plane ascends?

9. How does Brian tell Derek to deal with the mosquitoes?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Consider the tension and discuss at what one or two points the tension is at its highest and lowest. Is the novel mainly high-tension or low-tension?

Essay Topic 2

By their fourth day in the wilderness, Brian is disgruntled when the survival experience turns into one big happy camping trip. Discuss why Brian believes there is a problem with the way things are going and why Derek does not believe there is a problem with the survival experience at that point in time.

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.

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