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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Paulsen ran his second Ititarod race, how long did the runners have to wait for dog food to be dropped to them?
(a) 4 days.
(b) 1 day.
(c) 2 days.
(d) 3 days.

2. How many people die yearly from mosquito tranmitted diseases?
(a) 100s.
(b) 158,000.
(c) 1000s.
(d) 308,943.

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

4. In the excerpt from Hatchet at the beginning of Chapter 2, what hits Brian?
(a) Deer.
(b) Moose.
(c) Elk.
(d) Bear.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How close did the moose come to Paulsen in Chapter 2?

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

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

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

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

(see the answer key)

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