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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 type of trees tower high along the river, in Chapter 19?

2. How fast is the raft careening, in Chapter 21?

3. How far is the drop from the water to the shore when Brian works to get Derek on the raft?

4. From what end of the lake does the river run out?

5. How many beats per minute does Brian remember a heart should have?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where does Brian put a note in case someone comes looking for them before they make it to the trading post?

2. Why is Brian frustrated when he passes six bends and still does not see the raft?

3. How does Brian nearly miss seeing the raft?

4. How does Brian get the logs to the lake?

5. What is determined about Derek's condition, and how well does he recover?

6. What does Brian do to Derek to see if he is responsive?

7. What does Brian see when he begins hallucinating?

8. Why does Brian decide he can't leave Derek to go for help?

9. Why does Brian decide that he was foolish to leave the lake and trust the map?

10. How does Brian get the logs he needs for a raft?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Many times in the novel, Brian struggles with nature and with himself. Discuss conflict in the novel and how it affects the plot.

Essay Topic 2

Brian encounters an area where beavers have felled a stand of poplars. Discuss beavers, their behavior, and how they helped Brian.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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