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Chapter 1
1. Why could there be no conversation in the plane?
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2. Who had taken Brian to meet the plane?
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3. How old is Brian?
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4. What was the single word that started the thinking for Brian?
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5. What did the pilot show Brian?
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6. Why was Brian going to Canada?
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7. Why does Brian remain silent in the car?
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8. Why does mom give Brian a hatchet?
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9. What happened to the pilot?
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10. What situation is Brian in?
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Chapter 2
1. What did Brian first have to do?
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2. Why did Brian have to touch the pilot?
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3. What did Brian do when the radio would not work?
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4. Why did Brian throw the headset down?
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5. What did Brian think his choices were?
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6. What would Brian have to do just as the plane hit? Why?
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7. Where did Brian decide he needed to land?
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8. What became Brian's chant?
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9. How did Brian try to prepare for running out of fuel?
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10. In Brian's position, what do you think you would do? Explain.
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Chapter 3
1. What did Brian think when going down?
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2. On the way down, what animal did Brian see?
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3. What bit of luck did Brian have?
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4. What did Brian have to do after he crashed?
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5. When on shore, what happened to Brian?
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Chapter 4
1. What did Brian remember?
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2. What did Brian do when he opened his eyes?
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3. What time of day was it?
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4. When Brian woke in the morning, how did he feel?
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5. What did Brian go back and forth from?
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6. What came with the heat?
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7. What did Brian decide wasn't something to think about?
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8. What does Brian think you find if you walk back from good luck?
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9. How was this place different from the city?
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10. What did Brian finally do?
Brian slept again.
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Chapter 5
1. When Brian woke, what did he need?
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2. What happened when Brian slept?
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3. What thoughts did Brian have about the lake?
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4. How did Brian get clear water?
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5. What happened after Brian drank the water?
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6. What kind of thoughts does Brian decide he must have?
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7. What thought made Brian hungry?
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8. What things would Perpich, the English teacher, tell Brian now?
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9. What things does Brian have?
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10. What happened when Brian yelled that he was hungry?
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11. What thought bothered Brian?
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12. What things does Brian decide he needs?
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Chapter 6
1. What did Brian find that was a little lucky?
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2. Why couldn't Brian get wood for the shelter?
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3. What food did Brian think of?
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4. What did Brian blame his situation on?
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5. Why did Brian think he might look in the brush?
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6. What did the birds show Brian?
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7. Why didn't Brian make a fire?
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8. How did Brian feel when he went to sleep?
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9. What did Brian do to work on his shelter?
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10. If you were Brian, what would you do the next day? Why?
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Chapter 7
1. What happened to Brian when he woke?
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2. What memory came to Brian?
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3. What did Brian do on the bank? Why?
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4. How did Brian think of the berries? How did he eat them?
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5. What kind of berries did Brian find?
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6. How did the bear compare to bears Brian had seen at the zoo?
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7. What did Brian do after seeing the bear?
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8. In the shelter, what did Brian drink?
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9. What did Brian put by his head? Why?
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10. Do you think Brian could make his shelter safer? Explain.
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Chapter 8
1. What was very bad when Brian woke in the night?
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2. How did Brian know it was a porcupine that attacked him?
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3. After the porcupine, what did Brian learn about feeling sorry for himself?
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4. What did Brian dream about?
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5. What did the sun on the hatchet remind Brian of?
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6. At one point, why did Brian feel he needed to make a type of staff or lance?
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Chapter 9
1. Why did Brian rip up the 20-dollar bill?
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2. What did Brian gather from the trees? Why?
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3. How did Brian make the ball fluffy?
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4. What would Brian kill for?
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5. How did Brian finally start the fire?
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6. What did Brian think of the fire as?
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7. What does Brian wonder about?
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Chapter 10
1. What did Brian do most of the day?
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2. When thinking ahead, what did Brian decide he needed to do?
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3. What was an added advantage of the fire?
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4. What could Brian do with fire that would also take more wood?
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5. Why must Brian try to sleep in short intervals?
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6. What kind of tracks did Brian see?
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7. What did Brian find in the sand?
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8. How did Brian eat what he found?
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9. What would Brian do with his new treasure?
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10. What must Brian think he must keep having?
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Chapter 11
1. How had Brian changed physically and mentally?
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2. When and where would Brian make a signal fire?
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3. What did the bird do as Brian watched?
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4. What idea does Brian have about catching fish?
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5. What things did Brian have to do?
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Chapter 12
1. Why didn't the spear work for catching fish?
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2. What did Brian need to invent? Why?
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3. What was happening with the raspberries?
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4. What would always be there, even when Brian felt full?
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5. What did Brian think about the bird?
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6. What did Brian hear?
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7. Why did Brian cry?
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Chapter 13
1. What did Brian think of the wolf as?
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2. After the plane, what did Brian want to do?
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3. How long had Brian been there?
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4. What two truths did Brian come to?
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5. What did Brian use for the bow?
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6. How did Brian finally catch a fish?
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7. What was in the new hope that Brian had?
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Chapter 14
1. What could mistakes turn into for Brian?
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2. What was "all" in the woods?
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3. What animal found the eggs?
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4. Why did Brian smash out of the shelter and go into the lake?
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5. How did Brian improve the shelter?
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6. What problems with food did Brian need to solve?
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7. When did Brian allow a small bit of pride to come?
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8. What did Brian build at the beach?
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Chapter 15
1. What did Brian use as a mental journal?
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2. What did Brian crave?
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3. What did Brian think he might be able to hit with an arrow or spear?
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4. What was perfect about the foolbirds?
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5. What was the key to catching a bird?
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6. What was the problem with the arrows?
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7. How did Brian get the bird?
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8. When Brian first skinned the bird, what happened?
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9. What method worked for cooking the bird?
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10. What did the first bird taste like?
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Chapter 16
1. What did the First Arrow Day lead to?
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2. What did Brian think he might be able to eat when they get ripe?
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3. What threw and came after Brian?
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4. What was hurt on Brian?
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5. What did Brian have to retrieve from the water?
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6. What things did Brian feel grateful about?
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7. What woke Brian?
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8. What hurt Brian in his shelter?
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9. What was Brian back to?
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10. What will Brian do in the morning?
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11. What did Brian hope the tornado did?
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12. What did Brian see in the lake?
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13. What did Brian feel he should do?
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Chapter 17
1. What was Brian's first job?
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2. What did Brian decide to do tomorrow?
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3. What did Brian think when remembering the plane's tail?
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4. Why did Brian work on the spear first?
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5. How did Brian cook the fish?
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6. What did Brian think he might need to deal with the plane?
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7. What did Brian do that was like his old self? Why?
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8. What did Brian do with the winbreaker?
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9. Why did Brian turn back?
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10. What did Brian wish he could share?
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11. How long did it take Brian to get out to the plane?
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12. What did Brian dive down to look for?
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Chapter 18
1. What happened when Brian banged on the plane?
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2. What did the aluminum cut like?
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3. What did Brian drop?
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4. What did Brian need to do?
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5. Why was it slow going to get the hole in the plane?
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6. Why did Brian put the aluminum pieces on the raft?
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7. Where does Brian think the bag is?
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8. Why did Brian throw up?
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9. How did Brian get the bag out?
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10. How did Brian get back to the shore?
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11. What was all Brian could think about?
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Chapter 19
1. What were some items in the pack?
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2. What did Brian think of the items as?
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3. What did Brian put together?
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4. With the easy way for starting the fire, how did Brian feel?
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5. What was in the plastic? What did Brian do with it?
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6. What would Brian do with his hair?
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7. What would Brian feast on?
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8. When did the plane appear?
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9. What does the pilot say?
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10. What did Brian say to the pilot?
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Epilogue
1. Who was the pilot who rescued Brian?
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2. How many days had Brian been gone?
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3. How did Brian change?
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4. How did Brian learn about what he had experienced?
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5. What triggered dreams about his experience for Brian?
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6. How would things have been in winter if Brian had not been rescued?
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7. What went back to normal?
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8. What did Brian end up telling his dad?
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by Gary Paulsen
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Chapter 1
1. Why could there be no conversation in the plane?
The small plane was too loud for conversation.
2. Who had taken Brian to meet the plane?
Brian's mom took him to meet the plane.
3. How old is Brian?
Brian is thirteen.
4. What was the single word that started the thinking for Brian?
The word "divorce" started the thinking for Brian.
5. What did the pilot show Brian?
The pilot showed Brian how to make the plane turn.
6. Why was Brian going to Canada?
Brian's parents got a divorce. Brian would be with his dad for the summer.
7. Why does Brian remain silent in the car?
Brian can't tell mom that he knows the secret.
8. Why does mom give Brian a hatchet?
Mom says the man at the store said Brian could use the hatchet in the woods.
9. What happened to the pilot?
The pilot had a heart attack.
10. What situation is Brian in?
Brian is alone in a plane flying high above the wilderness in Canada.
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Chapter 2
1. What did Brian first have to do?
Brian had to level out the plane so it would not go down into the trees.
2. Why did Brian have to touch the pilot?
Brian needed to get the radio equipment off of the pilot.
3. What did Brian do when the radio would not work?
Brian panicked when the radio would not work. Then he remembered to release the microphone so he
could hear who was talking.
4. Why did Brian throw the headset down?
No one was answering on the radio. The situation seemed hopeless.
5. What did Brian think his choices were?
Brian thought he could wait and run out of fuel or he could bring the plane down himself.
6. What would Brian have to do just as the plane hit? Why?
Brian would have to push up the nose of the plane in order to slow it down.
7. Where did Brian decide he needed to land?
Brian decided he would need to land at the edge in a lake.
8. What became Brian's chant?
"Easy say, hard do," became Brian's chant.
9. How did Brian try to prepare for running out of fuel?
Brian tightened his seat belt, got into position, and visualized what he would do.
10. In Brian's position, what do you think you would do? Explain.
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Chapter 3
1. What did Brian think when going down?
Brian thought he was going to die.
2. On the way down, what animal did Brian see?
Brian saw a moose.
3. What bit of luck did Brian have?
There was a wide path where the trees were clear.
4. What did Brian have to do after he crashed?
Brian had to get out of his seat belt and get out of the plane. Then Brian had to get out of the water.
5. When on shore, what happened to Brian?
Brian passed out.
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Chapter 4
1. What did Brian remember?
Brian remembered seeing his Mom in a car with a man.
2. What did Brian do when he opened his eyes?
Brian screamed.
3. What time of day was it?
The time of day was evening.
4. When Brian woke in the morning, how did he feel?
Brian hurt all over, especially his head. Nothing seemed to be broken.
5. What did Brian go back and forth from?
Brian went back and forth from thinking his situation was imagined to knowing it was real.
6. What came with the heat?
Swarms of mosquitoes came with the warmth.
7. What did Brian decide wasn't something to think about?
Thinking about the pilot in the plane was something Brian didn't want to think about.
8. What does Brian think you find if you walk back from good luck?
Brian thinks you find bad luck when you walk back from good luck.
9. How was this place different from the city?
The noises were very different. The colors were blue and green, not black and white like the city.
10. What did Brian finally do?
Brian slept again.
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Chapter 5
1. When Brian woke, what did he need?
Brian needed water.
2. What happened when Brian slept?
The sun burned Brian when he slept.
3. What thoughts did Brian have about the lake?
Brian thought about the pilot's body down in the lake. He was also unsure if he could drink the water in
the lake.
4. How did Brian get clear water?
Brian went out on a log to get the clear water.
5. What happened after Brian drank the water?
Brian threw up most of the water.
6. What kind of thoughts does Brian decide he must have?
Brian must have short thoughts.
7. What thought made Brian hungry?
Brian thought of being rescued. He thought of eating fries and a hamburger.
8. What things would Perpich, the English teacher, tell Brian now?
The teacher would tell Brian to be positive, to stay on top of things. Brian needed to get motivated.
9. What things does Brian have?
Brian has coins and a twenty-dollar bill. He has the hatchet, a broken watch, and nail clippers. Brian has
his clothes. He has himself.
10. What happened when Brian yelled that he was hungry?
Everything became completely silent for a few seconds.
11. What thought bothered Brian?
The plane went off course when the pilot had the heart attack. They might not find Brian.
12. What things does Brian decide he needs?
Brian needs shelter and he needs food.
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Chapter 6
1. What did Brian find that was a little lucky?
Brian found a kind of rock overhang for a shelter.
2. Why couldn't Brian get wood for the shelter?
Brian by weak from the crash and from lack of food.
3. What food did Brian think of?
Brian thought of a Thanksgiving turkey.
4. What did Brian blame his situation on?
Brian blamed his situation on his mom seeing the man.
5. Why did Brian think he might look in the brush?
Brian thought there might be berries in the brush.
6. What did the birds show Brian?
The birds showed Brian berries.
7. Why didn't Brian make a fire?
Brian had no matches. Rubbing sticks together did not work.
8. How did Brian feel when he went to sleep?
Brian's stomach was turning from the berries.
9. What did Brian do to work on his shelter?
Other than an opening, Brian closed the shelter in with sticks and branches.
10. If you were Brian, what would you do the next day? Why?
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Chapter 7
1. What happened to Brian when he woke?
Brian was very sick from the berries.
2. What memory came to Brian?
The memory of his mom kissing the blond man came to Brian.
3. What did Brian do on the bank? Why?
Brian cried. He felt pity for himself.
4. How did Brian think of the berries? How did he eat them?
Brian thought of the berries as gut cherries. He ate the ripe berries and spit out the pits.
5. What kind of berries did Brian find?
Brian found raspberries.
6. How did the bear compare to bears Brian had seen at the zoo?
The bear was black and much bgger.
7. What did Brian do after seeing the bear?
Brian ran back toward the shelter.
8. In the shelter, what did Brian drink?
Brian drank juice from the berries.
9. What did Brian put by his head? Why?
Brian put the hatchet by his head. He was thinking of the bear.
10. Do you think Brian could make his shelter safer? Explain.
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Chapter 8
1. What was very bad when Brian woke in the night?
A smell was very bad when Brian woke.
2. How did Brian know it was a porcupine that attacked him?
There were needles in Brian's leg from the porcupine.
3. After the porcupine, what did Brian learn about feeling sorry for himself?
Brian learned that self-pity did not work. Self-pity did not solve anything.
4. What did Brian dream about?
Brian's dad was trying to tell him something. Terry kept pointing to a fire.
5. What did the sun on the hatchet remind Brian of?
Brian was reminded of the sparks when he had thrown the hatchet at the porcupine.
6. At one point, why did Brian feel he needed to make a type of staff or lance?
Brian felt the hatchet was important and he needed to save it.
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Chapter 9
1. Why did Brian rip up the 20-dollar bill?
Brian thought he could use the paper to start a fire.
2. What did Brian gather from the trees? Why?
Brian gathered birch bark from the trees to try to start a fire.
3. How did Brian make the ball fluffy?
Brian shredded the wood fine with the hatchet.
4. What would Brian kill for?
Brian would kill for a match.
5. How did Brian finally start the fire?
Brian had to breathe on the sparks to give them air.
6. What did Brian think of the fire as?
Brian thought of the fire as his friend.
7. What does Brian wonder about?
Brian wonders what his parents are doing.
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Chapter 10
1. What did Brian do most of the day?
Brian ate berries, drank from the lake, and kept the fire going.
2. When thinking ahead, what did Brian decide he needed to do?
Brian needed wood to keep the fire going at night.
3. What was an added advantage of the fire?
The smoke kept the insects away.
4. What could Brian do with fire that would also take more wood?
Brian could make a signal to attract attention.
5. Why must Brian try to sleep in short intervals?
Brian did not want the fire to go out.
6. What kind of tracks did Brian see?
The tracks had a flat part in the middle and claws on the outer part.
7. What did Brian find in the sand?
Brian found turtle eggs in the sand.
8. How did Brian eat what he found?
Brian sucked the raw egg out of the shell.
9. What would Brian do with his new treasure?
Brian would store the eggs in the cave and eat one a day.
10. What must Brian think he must keep having?
Brian must keep having hope of being rescued.
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Chapter 11
1. How had Brian changed physically and mentally?
Brian was getting thinner and tan. He was truly seeing things as he looked at them, not just kind of
noticing them.
2. When and where would Brian make a signal fire?
Brian would make a signal fire on top of the shelter. He would do this if he thought he heard a plane
engine.
3. What did the bird do as Brian watched?
The bird caught a fish and ate it.
4. What idea does Brian have about catching fish?
Brian thinks he needs a spear to catch the fish with.
5. What things did Brian have to do?
Brian needed to collect wood and berries. He needed to make a spear.
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Chapter 12
1. Why didn't the spear work for catching fish?
The fish were too fast to be speared.
2. What did Brian need to invent? Why?
Brian needed a bow and arrow to try to catch fish.
3. What was happening with the raspberries?
The raspberries were becoming very ripe.
4. What would always be there, even when Brian felt full?
Hunger would always be there.
5. What did Brian think about the bird?
Brian thought the bird was not smart because he almost stepped on it. Brian was thinking he could catch
it and eat it, that the bird would taste like chicken.
6. What did Brian hear?
Brian heard a motor.
7. Why did Brian cry?
Brian did not think they would ever come back now to rescue him.
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Chapter 13
1. What did Brian think of the wolf as?
Brian thought of the wolf as part of the woods, part of everything.
2. After the plane, what did Brian want to do?
Brian wanted it all to be over. He wanted to die.
3. How long had Brian been there?
Brian had been there around 47 days.
4. What two truths did Brian come to?
Brian was not the same and he would not let death come.
5. What did Brian use for the bow?
Brian used his shoe lace.
6. How did Brian finally catch a fish?
Brian remembered that water refracted and he could not shoot directly at the fish. He had to shoot a
little below the fish.
7. What was in the new hope that Brian had?
Knowledge was in the hope. Brian had hope that he could survive.
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Chapter 14
1. What could mistakes turn into for Brian?
Mistakes could turn into disasters.
2. What was "all" in the woods?
Food was all to everyone in the woods.
3. What animal found the eggs?
A skunk found the eggs.
4. Why did Brian smash out of the shelter and go into the lake?
Brian was trying to get the skunk spray off.
5. How did Brian improve the shelter?
Brian made the wall secure, like a tightly woven basket.
6. What problems with food did Brian need to solve?
Brian needed a way to store food. He needed to get food to store.
7. When did Brian allow a small bit of pride to come?
Brian felt pride at the shelf for his food.
8. What did Brian build at the beach?
Brian built a fish pen.
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Chapter 15
1. What did Brian use as a mental journal?
Brian used events as a mental journal.
2. What did Brian crave?
Brian craved meat.
3. What did Brian think he might be able to hit with an arrow or spear?
Brian thought he might get a larger rabbit.
4. What was perfect about the foolbirds?
The foolbirds had perfect camouflage.
5. What was the key to catching a bird?
Brian saw the bird's shape.
6. What was the problem with the arrows?
The arrows did not have feathers. They would not fly straight.
7. How did Brian get the bird?
Brian came at the bird from an angle. He speared it.
8. When Brian first skinned the bird, what happened?
The bird smelled horrible.
9. What method worked for cooking the bird?
Rotating the bird on a stick seemed to work well for cooking it.
10. What did the first bird taste like?
Brian thought nothing had ever tasted as good as that first bird.
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Chapter 16
1. What did the First Arrow Day lead to?
The First Arrow Day led to the first day Brian got a rabbit.
2. What did Brian think he might be able to eat when they get ripe?
There were some green nuts Brian thought he might be able to eat when they got ripe.
3. What threw and came after Brian?
A moose came after Brian.
4. What was hurt on Brian?
Brian thought his ribs and shoulder were hurt.
5. What did Brian have to retrieve from the water?
Brian had to get his bow, spear, and the dead bird.
6. What things did Brian feel grateful about?
Brian was grateful he had enough wood. He was grateful that he was alive.
7. What woke Brian?
Brian heard a roar that was coming closer.
8. What hurt Brian in his shelter?
The tornado hurt Brian.
9. What was Brian back to?
Brian was back to nothing.
10. What will Brian do in the morning?
Brian will start to rebuild in the morning.
11. What did Brian hope the tornado did?
Brian hoped the tornado hit the moose.
12. What did Brian see in the lake?
The tail of the plane was sticking up out of the lake.
13. What did Brian feel he should do?
Brian felt he should do something special for the pilot.
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Chapter 17
1. What was Brian's first job?
Building a fire was Brian's first job.
2. What did Brian decide to do tomorrow?
Brian would fix his weapons and get food.
3. What did Brian think when remembering the plane's tail?
Brian thought the survival pack would be there.
4. Why did Brian work on the spear first?
Brian knew getting food and thinking ahead were the most important things.
5. How did Brian cook the fish?
Brian used a board to cook the fish.
6. What did Brian think he might need to deal with the plane?
Brian thought that he might need a raft to work from.
7. What did Brian do that was like his old self? Why?
Brian lost his temper because he was having trouble with the raft.
8. What did Brian do with the winbreaker?
Brian made a rope to tie his raft down.
9. Why did Brian turn back?
The raft pushing was too slow. Brian needed to have patience and plan.
10. What did Brian wish he could share?
Brian wished he could share the beauty of where he was.
11. How long did it take Brian to get out to the plane?
Brian thought it took two hours to get out to the plane.
12. What did Brian dive down to look for?
Brian needed to find a way to get into the plane.
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Chapter 18
1. What happened when Brian banged on the plane?
The side of the plane gave. It was very thin.
2. What did the aluminum cut like?
The aluminum cut like soft cheese.
3. What did Brian drop?
Brian dropped the hatchet.
4. What did Brian need to do?
Brian needed to get the hatchet.
5. Why was it slow going to get the hole in the plane?
Brian needed to be very careful with the hatchet.
6. Why did Brian put the aluminum pieces on the raft?
Brian did not throw things away now. He could maybe use the aluminum for something.
7. Where does Brian think the bag is?
Brian thinks the pack is somehow jammed in the seats.
8. Why did Brian throw up?
Brian saw the skull of the pilot. He realized he had been eating the fish. The fish had been eating the
pilot.
9. How did Brian get the bag out?
Brian had to move what was in the bag to change its shape. Then he could pull it out.
10. How did Brian get back to the shore?
Brian crawled back.
11. What was all Brian could think about?
Brian had done it. He got the pack and made it.
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Chapter 19
1. What were some items in the pack?
There was a hat, first aid items, pans, fishing equipment, matches, and a sleeping bag.
2. What did Brian think of the items as?
Brian thought of the items as presents.
3. What did Brian put together?
Brian put the rifle together.
4. With the easy way for starting the fire, how did Brian feel?
Brian felt a change. He did not have to fit in and know how to do things. Brian was not sure he liked the
change.
5. What was in the plastic? What did Brian do with it?
It was an emergency transmitter. Brian didn't think it was working so he set it aside.
6. What would Brian do with his hair?
Brian would cut his hair with the scissors and then wash it with the soap.
7. What would Brian feast on?
Brian would have a dinner with the dried food packs.
8. When did the plane appear?
The plane appeared when Brian was thinking of his mother's cooking and home.
9. What does the pilot say?
The pilot says he heard the emergency transmitter. The pilot knows Brian was the kid they had been
looking for two months ago.
10. What did Brian say to the pilot?
Brian told the pilot his name and asked if he wanted something to eat.
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Epilogue
1. Who was the pilot who rescued Brian?
The pilot was a fur buyer.
2. How many days had Brian been gone?
Brian had been gone for 54 days.
3. How did Brian change?
Brian was good at observing and reacting. He thought carefully before speaking.
4. How did Brian learn about what he had experienced?
Brian did research to learn the names of animals and plants he had experienced.
5. What triggered dreams about his experience for Brian?
Seeing the tapes and pictures triggered the dreams.
6. How would things have been in winter if Brian had not been rescued?
It would have been hard to move around because of snow and very difficult to find food.
7. What went back to normal?
His parents went back to their normal lives.
8. What did Brian end up telling his dad?
Brian did not tell his dad about the secret.