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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. When Paulsen reached the scene of an airplane crash in Chapter 1, what was the only recognizable piece of the plane?
(a) Engine.
(b) Nose.
(c) Tail.
(d) Wing.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 2, how far had Paulsen run with his dogs when he bent to adjust a thermos that was rattling?

2. In Chapter 1, what was the name of Paulsen's flight instructor at the end of the chapter?

3. How many dogs were injured in the incident with the moose when Paulsen was driving his dogs to Alaska in Chapter 2?

4. In Chapter 1, how fast was a pilot going when he hit a dirt ridge east of Denver?

5. Where did Paulsen say that he was sitting when he had another experience with a moose?

(see the answer key)

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