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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How much did Paulsen earn picking potatoes?
(a) 3 cents a bushel.
(b) 5 cents a bushel.
(c) 7 cents a bushel.
(d) 10 cents a bushel.

2. What did Paulsen say in Chapter 5 was almost like eating a snack food if you remembered the salt?
(a) Grasshoppers.
(b) Ants.
(c) Snake.
(d) Grub worms.

3. Where did Paulsen first witness the madness of a moose?
(a) Colorado.
(b) Minnesota.
(c) Michigan.
(d) Canada.

4. Where do chickadees migrate?
(a) New Mexico.
(b) No where.
(c) Texas.
(d) Mexico.

5. What did most men die from who went into the wilderness to be trappers and mountain men?
(a) Malnutrition.
(b) Accidents.
(c) Bear attacks.
(d) Bad water.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 5, what did Paulsen say made the best sauce?

2. What did a boy in Chapter 3 feed a young white-tailed buck?

3. In Chapter 3, how often were Paulsen's dogs coated with mosquito repellent?

4. What diseases are transmitted by the bite of mosquitoes?

5. When Paulsen and a companion ran into deerflies in Chapter 3, how far could Paulsen not see his companion?

(see the answer key)

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