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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long did Paulsen work on the man from a ranch northeast of Colorado Springs?
(a) 25 minutes.
(b) 35 minutes.
(c) 40 minutes.
(d) 30 minutes.

2. In Chapter 1, what was the nearest ambulance service from the town where Paulsen and his wife lived?
(a) 100s of square miles.
(b) 500 miles.
(c) 800 miles.
(d) 1000s of square miles.

3. How many Iditarods did Paulsen run before writing Dogsong?
(a) 3.
(b) 2.
(c) 1.
(d) 4.

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

5. What is the name of a popular character in Paulsen's books?
(a) Dunc.
(b) Francis Tucket.
(c) Brian Robeson.
(d) Murphy.

Short Answer Questions

1. How far was a ranch that Paulsen went to from Colorado Springs?

2. In Chapter 1, how many passengers were the plane that crashed east of Denver?

3. What season was it when Paulsen first ran into a moose?

4. In Chapter 2, when Paulsen was traveling to Alaska with his dogs, what did he use to go after a moose?

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

(see the answer key)

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