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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What would you use to hold meat on a plank to cook it?
(a) Willow branches.
(b) Sticks.
(c) Stones.
(d) Wooden pegs.

3. In Chapter 1, how many passengers were the plane that crashed east of Denver?
(a) 5.
(b) 2.
(c) 3.
(d) 4.

4. On page 59, what animal did Paulsen see close to death from mosquitoes packed in its ears?
(a) Fawn.
(b) Rabbit.
(c) Coyote.
(d) Raccoon.

5. In Chapter 5, why did Paulsen say that he could no longer winter in Northern Minnesota?
(a) His heart.
(b) Allergies.
(c) Asthma.
(d) COPD.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Paulsen stopped at a village during his first Iditarod, what did his dogs smell that made them take off at a run?

2. When Paulsen was 15 and shot his first buck with a bow, how much of the meat did he eat when he had to make camp?

3. How did Brian feel when he got his first hit in the excerpt at the beginning of Chapter 6?

4. What did a man break when cross country skiiing in the dead of winter that led to his death?

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

(see the answer key)

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