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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What was driving Brian crazy in the excerpt from Hatchet at the beginning of Chapter 3?
(a) Cold.
(b) Insects.
(c) Rain.
(d) Sun.

3. When Paulsen was 15, where was he when he shot a buck and it fell on him?
(a) Swamp.
(b) Woods.
(c) Thicket.
(d) Prairie.

4. How much did a pilot charge to rescue Paulsen and his dogs when Paulsen was trapped on the ice in Chapter 1?
(a) $800.
(b) $750.
(c) $1,000.
(d) $900.

5. How much did Paulsen make for hoeing sugar beets?
(a) $13 an acre.
(b) $11 an acre.
(c) $5 an acre.
(d) $15 an acre.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did most men die from who went into the wilderness to be trappers and mountain men?

2. How fast was the ship that Paulsen was on when he saw a plane ditch in the Pacific?

3. How far did Paulsen and a farmer have to walk after a moose damaged the truck they were in?

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

5. What was Paulsen in when he encountered a moose after the incident with the moose and a truck in Chapter 2?

(see the answer key)

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