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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What states are part of the Great Basin?
2. At about what age do wolves' eyes change to amber coloring?
3. Cougars are able to jump more than how many feet into a tree?
4. For how long have pronghorns lived in North America?
5. How many quills is the porcupine armed with?
Short Essay Questions
1. How large are wolf packs and territories?
2. Who advised Wander on the dangers of fire and how to escape it? What advice was given?
3. Who does Wander encounter in "Fear"? How is the encounter described?
4. How many teeth do wolves have? What is the strength of their bite?
5. Where and when was OR-7 born? When did his journey begin?
6. How are wolf tracks described in the final nonfiction chapters of the book?
7. What does Wander do to help the horses in "Hunt"? How is this a sacrifice?
8. What are the methods of wolf communication that are discussed in "About Wolves"?
9. How was OR-7's journey tracked?
10. Why does Wander begin to mark territory in "Howl"?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the hierarchy of wolf packs, the size of packs, their territories, and communication within the pack. How large can wolf territories span? What different types of packs are formed? How is the hierarchy of the pack maintained?
Essay Topic 2
Describe and analyze three examples of irony in A Wolf Called Wander. What type of irony is presented? What purpose does it serve? How does this example of irony affect you as a reader?
Essay Topic 3
Along his journey, Wander has several opportunities to prey upon livestock, although he rarely does so. What aspects of Wander's upbringing have impressed upon him to not prey on livestock? What are the dangers in doing so? How does Wander encounter these dangers and how does he escape them?
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