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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where can a moose pick up a parasite that can cause madness?
(a) Eating in the water.
(b) Eating chokeberries.
(c) Eating dead game.
(d) Eating tree bark.

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

4. What did Paulsen say that grouse fed on in Chapter 2?
(a) Chokeberries.
(b) Cranberries.
(c) Mulberries.
(d) Blueberries.

5. In Chapter 2, when Paulsen was traveling to Alaska with his dogs, what did he use to go after a moose?
(a) Axe.
(b) Pistol.
(c) Rifle.
(d) Tree branch.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much did Paulsen earn picking potatoes?

2. How long did Paulsen work on the man from a ranch northeast of Colorado Springs?

3. In Chapter 2, how far did a moose push a truck that Paulsen and a farmer were sitting in?

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

5. In Chapter 1, if a life flight helicopter was needed, how long would it take to arrive?

(see the answer key)

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