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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. When Brian believes that Derek might be dead, where does Brian first touch Derek to find signs of life?

2. What type of tree is hit by the lightning and falls toward the shelter?

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

4. How many days will it take before Brian will be ready to eat grub worms?

5. Whose name is used for the call signal of the radio?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why, in Chapter 10, does Brian believe that the rain won't bother him or Derek?

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

3. Why does Brian refuse to take the gear Derek packed for their stay in the wilderness?

4. How does Brian make fire?

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

6. Describe the place that Brian finds for a shelter.

7. How long does Brian believe it might be before someone would come looking for him and Derek?

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

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

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

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

Brian forces Derek to leave the survival gear on the plane. Discuss why Brian will not use the survival gear Derek packed.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the protagonist and antagonist in the novel and how the conflicts between them advance plot.

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