1. When he is in the tent with his father, Timothy wishes he were back in Elmira staring at the "familiar cracks and stains on the ceiling of his bedroom." After his adventure in the wilderness and his return to civilization, he stares at the map of New York and wishes to return to the Adirondacks.

Compare and contrast his feelings in those two worlds.

2. Through examples, explain the significance of Timothy's literary references.

3. Timothy refers several times to man's treatment of nature—littering, acid rain, hunting, and pollution. What do you think of Timothy's opinion?

4. Timothy's goal was to find a way out of the wilderness. Although he was prepared to signal the airplane, he stood and watched it instead of placing the green branches on the fire to create smoke. When the hunters found him, he did not...