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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Paulsen was in the desert in Chapter 6, what was the only thing he had to eat for a day and a half?
(a) Beetles.
(b) 2 lizards.
(c) A turtle.
(d) A iguana.

2. In Chapter 3, what had been bothering Paulsen's dogs?
(a) Bear.
(b) Wolf.
(c) Coyote.
(d) Moose.

3. What season was it when Paulsen first ran into a moose?
(a) Summer.
(b) Winter.
(c) Spring.
(d) Fall.

4. How many mosquitoes bite?
(a) 2/3.
(b) 1/4.
(c) 1/3.
(d) 1/2.

5. What was the name of a friend of Paulsen's who had a snapping turtle bite his right buttock cheek?
(a) Walter.
(b) William.
(c) Peter.
(d) David.

Short Answer Questions

1. The year that Paulsen was 15, what was the weather like that fall?

2. In Chapter 5, where did Paulsen say that during his first Iditarod he stopped at a village early in the day?

3. How long did Paulsen say that water needed to be boiled before drinking?

4. After his experience killing a buck with a bow when he was 15, what did Paulsen always carry with him when he went hunting?

5. What did the Lewis and Clark expedition get from drinking bad water?

(see the answer key)

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