The River Chapters 5 - 6 Questions

During the plane flight, Brian

• watched the pilot

• remembered the other wilderness lake

• slept

Brian realized, as the pilot landed the plane onto the lake,

• just how lucky he had been to survive his own experience in landing a plane

• how much he wanted to be a pilot

• that his fear of crashing again was stronger than he had thought

The lake was

• nothing like it had appeared on the map

• almost perfectly round with a river flowing southeast through a forest

• larger and more isolated that Brian had expected

It occurred to Brian that Derek was excited because he

• didn't understand the situation they were going into

• was obviously a person who liked a challenge

• knew something he hadn't shared during the planning stage

Brian noticed that Derek

• seemed to be at home in the wilderness

• wasn't very coordinated or athletic

• seemed to be eager for the pilot to leave

Brian Robeson had survived alone in the Canadian woods for almost two months with nothing but a

• pack of matches

• hatchet

• knowledge of hunting

Derek Holtzer was

• an army doctor

• a college professor

• a psychologist

Brian called his experience

• The Survival

• The Struggle

• The Time

Brian's parents were

• divorced

• getting back together after a long separation

• living in the same neighborhood

After his time in the woods, Brian

• didn't feel any different

• didn't come back the same

• hated everything about the wilderness