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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. How many days have passed when Brian thinks things would be better if Derek were gone?

2. What injuries does Brian suffer from falling off the raft?

3. Why does Brian take approximate the distance of the two hills up ahead?

4. What is the name of the river that runs out of the lake where Brian and Derek stay?

5. What is Brian holding when he realizes what he is doing, at the beginning of Chapter 24?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Brian position Derek on the raft?

2. Describe the trading post and the people who live there.

3. Why does Brian talk to Derek when he is in the coma?

4. What does Brian see when the raft wheels around a bend?

5. What does Brian consider when the wood he chooses for the raft is soft?

6. What does Brian discover when he looks at a map he finds?

7. Why does Brian decide to take breaks as he paddles?

8. Why does Brian decide he has to swim to find the raft?

9. What does Brian find in Derek's briefcase?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

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

In Chapter 12, after the lightning strike, Brian looks out and sees a beautiful summer day. Discuss why it is ironic that Brian sees a beautiful summer day.

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