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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 and a friend drove his dogs from Minnesota to Alaska, how many days did they drive on the Alaska Highway?
(a) 7.
(b) 8.
(c) 10.
(d) 9.

2. What diseases are transmitted by the bite of mosquitoes?
(a) Zivka.
(b) Ebola.
(c) Chikungunya.
(d) Malaria or dengue fever.

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

4. How old was Paulsen when he saw a young boy killed by a deer in a state park?
(a) 16.
(b) 13.
(c) 15.
(d) 14.

5. How far was a ranch that Paulsen went to from Colorado Springs?
(a) Some 60 miles.
(b) About 70 miles.
(c) 45 miles.
(d) 56 miles.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 1, where did Paulsen and his wife live?

2. How many mints did the buck eat in Chapter 3?

3. What was driving Brian crazy in the excerpt from Hatchet at the beginning of Chapter 3?

4. How long after the man from the ranch northeast of Colorado Springs died, did Paulsen witness an airplane crash?

5. What animals kill more people in North American than any other animal?

(see the answer key)

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