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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The year that Paulsen was 15, what was the weather like that fall?
(a) Cold and rainy.
(b) Foggy and cool.
(c) Cold and icy.
(d) Clear and sunny.

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

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

4. What did Paulsen say most people considered it if they had to actually cook a meal?
(a) Roughing it.
(b) Too time consuming.
(c) A nuisance.
(d) Inconvenient.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 5, what did Paulsen say that he ate wrapped in dandelion greens because he was hungry?

2. How old was Paulsen when he saw a passenger plane ditch in the Pacific?

3. At the end of Chapter 5, how many times did Paulsen try to eat turtle eggs and fail?

4. How would an animal be prepared for plank cooking?

5. How much did Paulsen make for hoeing sugar beets?

(see the answer key)

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