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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How have small animals died from mosquitoes?
(a) Loss of blood.
(b) So covered with mosquitoes they cannot move.
(c) The mosquitoes get in their airways.
(d) Mosquito-transmitted diseases.

2. What time of year was it when Paulsen was traveling with his dogs to Alaska in Chapter 2?
(a) December.
(b) February.
(c) March.
(d) January.

3. When Paulsen was 15, where was he when he shot a buck and it fell on him?
(a) Thicket.
(b) Swamp.
(c) Prairie.
(d) Woods.

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

5. When Paulsen was traveling with a pilot in a Cessna 406 bushplane and they had to make an emergency landing, how long did it take to restart the engine?
(a) About 10 minutes.
(b) Less than 5 minutes.
(c) 11 minutes.
(d) 8 minutes.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Paulsen in when he encountered a moose after the incident with the moose and a truck in Chapter 2?

2. Where did Paulsen first witness the madness of a moose?

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

4. During what season did Paulsen first go hunting with his homemade bow?

5. In Chapter 4, how many hours would Paulsen have had to work setting pins in a bowling alley to afford a $30 bow?

(see the answer key)

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