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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Cougars are able to jump more than how many feet into a tree?
(a) 15.
(b) 8.
(c) 25.
(d) 10.

2. What color caps do sandhill cranes have?
(a) Blue.
(b) Green.
(c) Scarlet.
(d) Yellow.

3. For how long have pronghorns lived in North America?
(a) 5 million years.
(b) 50 million years.
(c) 10 million years.
(d) 20 million years.

4. Hummingbirds weigh about as much as what, according to the author in "The Habitats of the Pacific Northwest"?
(a) A quarter.
(b) A pine cone.
(c) A walnut.
(d) A penny.

5. About how old are wolves when they are old enough to disperse from their pack?
(a) Second or third year.
(b) Fourth or fifth year.
(c) 6 months to a year.
(d) A year and a half.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many acres comprise the Zumwalt Prairie?

2. How cold can the Zumwalt Prairie be overnight in July?

3. According to the information in "Wolf Tracks," only what animals's print is larger than a wolf's?

4. What literary device is used in the following passage from "Water": "My mouth is dry as an old bone, and still there is no scent of water" (907)?

5. What color is the female wolf when Wander finds her in "Pack"?

Short Essay Questions

1. How large are wolf packs and territories?

2. How is Wander impacted by his observations of the wild horses?

3. What does Wander do to help the horses in "Hunt"? How is this a sacrifice?

4. What aspects of wolf behavior and communicaton are demonstrated in "Fear"?

5. Why does Wander fail in his hunt of the deer in "Track"?

6. Why does Wander begin to mark territory in "Howl"?

7. Describe the journey of OR-7. Through what regions and habitats did he travel?

8. How are wolf tracks described in the final nonfiction chapters of the book?

9. Why does Wander resist the urge to return to his homeland in the novel?

10. What informaton does Wander discern about the female wolf from her tracks in "Track"?

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