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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The year that Paulsen was 15, what was the weather like that fall?
(a) Cold and rainy.
(b) Clear and sunny.
(c) Cold and icy.
(d) Foggy and cool.

2. What happened to the pilot in Hatchet?
(a) Blood clot.
(b) Migraine.
(c) Heart attack.
(d) Aneursyn.

3. When Paulsen was traveling with a pilot in a Cessna 406 bushplane and they had to make an emergency landing, how long did it take to restart the engine?
(a) 8 minutes.
(b) Less than 5 minutes.
(c) About 10 minutes.
(d) 11 minutes.

4. What did the moose charge in Chapter 2?
(a) Oak tree.
(b) Goat.
(c) Pine tree.
(d) Deer.

5. What time of year was it when Paulsen was traveling with his dogs to Alaska in Chapter 2?
(a) March.
(b) February.
(c) December.
(d) January.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Paulsen reached the scene of an airplane crash in Chapter 1, what was the only recognizable piece of the plane?

2. How many people can be infected and possibly killed by one mosquito?

3. When Paulsen first saw the moose, how fast did he think it was traveling?

4. What year did Paulsen see a passenger plane ditch in the Pacific?

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

(see the answer key)

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