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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the name of a friend of Paulsen's who had a snapping turtle bite his right buttock cheek?
(a) David.
(b) Walter.
(c) Peter.
(d) William.

2. How have small animals died from mosquitoes?
(a) The mosquitoes get in their airways.
(b) So covered with mosquitoes they cannot move.
(c) Loss of blood.
(d) Mosquito-transmitted diseases.

3. In Chapter 2, besides Minnesota and Canada, where else did Paulsen remember spending time?
(a) Texas.
(b) Colorado Rockies and Wyoming Bighorns.
(c) Nebraska.
(d) Idaho and Utah.

4. How many people can be infected and possibly killed by one mosquito?
(a) 18.
(b) Several.
(c) A few.
(d) 11.

5. When Paulsen first saw the moose, how fast did he think it was traveling?
(a) 60 or 70 miles an hour.
(b) 20 or 30 miles an hour.
(c) 40 or 50 miles an hour.
(d) 50 or 60 miles an hour.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where had Paulsen spent time in the wilderness woods?

2. In Chapter 3, what was the mother doing when the deer struck the boy with his hooves?

3. What was the principal food for men in the British navy in the old days of sailing ships?

4. Where do chickadees migrate?

5. In Chapter 5, where did Paulsen say that during his first Iditarod he stopped at a village early in the day?

(see the answer key)

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