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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How many dogs were injured in the incident with the moose when Paulsen was driving his dogs to Alaska in Chapter 2?
(a) 1.
(b) 3.
(c) 4.
(d) 2.

3. How old was a boy that Paulsen saw killed by a deer in a state park?
(a) 3.
(b) 6.
(c) 5.
(d) 4.

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

5. In Chapter 1, how fast was a pilot going when he hit a dirt ridge east of Denver?
(a) 180 knots.
(b) 150 knots.
(c) 160 knots.
(d) 190 knots.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. At the end of Chapter 3, what did Paulsen know killed a man while on a fishing trip?

3. In Chapter 3, what was the mother doing when the deer struck the boy with his hooves?

4. In Chapter 3, how long did Paulsen and a companion plan to spend laying out a trapline?

5. What type of plane did Paulsen see crash when he was on a ship headed to the Philippines?

(see the answer key)

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