A) Brian is placing pebbles in a hollowed out rock; one for each day he has been in the wilderness, and the rock will no longer hold any more pebbles. B) Brian is keeping track of the days by making notches with his hatchet on a piece of wood, and he states that many notches have been made. C) The author begins Chapter 13 with a description of the changes in weather over the last two months D) At the end of Chapter 12 Brian was going to make a bow and arrow to catch fish and at the beginning of Chapter 13 Brian is tired of eating fish.
A) foolbirds B) squirrels C) wild greens D) beavers
A) squirrel B) fox C) wolf D) coyote
A) the points were not sharp enough to pierce the skin of the fish B) Brian was not fast enough to hit the fish and they swam away C) the fish stayed in the deep water and Brian could not get close enough to catch them D) the water bent the light making the fish look like they were in a different place than where they really were
A) rabbits B) deer C) fish D) squirrels
A) warmth B) shelter from the rain C) the turtle eggs D) fish
A) buried in the sand under his sleeping mat B) in a bowl-shaped rock C) tied in his jacket and hung up in the tall trees D) on the ledge above his shelter
A) Brian built a holding pen out of rocks at the edge of the lake. B) Brian tied the fish with one of his shoelaces and hung them in a tree. C) Brian put the fish on his storage shelf. D) Brian wove a basket from small branches and placed it at the edge of the lake.
A) Which event changed the way Brian started to live? B) Which special event is Brian missing this summer? C) When will Brian be rescued? D) What are Brian's parents doing to try to find him?
A) Brian is angry with his mother over the secret and his mother tells her boyfriend to go away. B) Brian is alone in the wilderness and must learn how to take care of himself. C) Brian is sprayed by a skunk and must take four baths a day to get rid of the smell. D) Brian and Terry get lost and they must find their way home.
A) moose B) bear C) larger rabbit D) buck
A) Brian thought they would taste like chicken, but they didn’t. B) Brian thought they were too much trouble for such a small amount of meat. C) Brian could be right beside one and not see it. D) They did not taste good.
A) look for the pear-shaped body B) listen for the chirping sound it made C) look for softness of feathers D) look for the correct brown color of the bird
A) steaming it on a hot rock B) putting it in a pot mixed with raspberries C) wrapping it in leaves and placing it in the fire D) placing it over the fire on a Y-shaped stick
A) opossums, fish, and worms B) fish, foolbirds, and rabbits C) frogs, fish, and foolbirds D) skunk, fish, and squirrels
A) wolf B) falcon C) fox D) moose
A) a bear B) a tornado C) a train D) a plane
A) the airplane B) a dead moose C) the logs from the side of his shelter D) Brian's bow
A) 5, 1, 4, 2, 3 B) 5, 1, 2, 4, 3 C) 5, 3, 2, 1, 4 D) 5, 4, 3, 2, 1
A) Brian wishes he had harder challenges to face B) Brian has the strength to overcome these obstacles C) Brian will give up and no longer try to live in the wilderness D) Brian has come across another human he can talk to |