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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did most men die from who went into the wilderness to be trappers and mountain men?
(a) Accidents.
(b) Bear attacks.
(c) Malnutrition.
(d) Bad water.

2. In Chapter 2, when Paulsen was traveling to Alaska with his dogs, what did he use to go after a moose?
(a) Rifle.
(b) Axe.
(c) Tree branch.
(d) Pistol.

3. What is the name of a popular character in Paulsen's books?
(a) Dunc.
(b) Murphy.
(c) Francis Tucket.
(d) Brian Robeson.

4. In Chapter 2, besides Minnesota and Canada, where else did Paulsen remember spending time?
(a) Texas.
(b) Idaho and Utah.
(c) Colorado Rockies and Wyoming Bighorns.
(d) Nebraska.

5. In Chapter 3, how long did Paulsen and a companion plan to spend laying out a trapline?
(a) 5 days.
(b) 6 days.
(c) 3 days.
(d) 8 days.

6. How many heart attack victims did Paulsen see in his first year volunteering in Chapter 1?
(a) 15.
(b) 9.
(c) About two dozen.
(d) At least a dozen.

7. In Chapter 2, how far did a moose push a truck that Paulsen and a farmer were sitting in?
(a) 30 feet.
(b) 35 feet.
(c) 40 feet.
(d) 45 feet.

8. What happened to the pilot in Hatchet?
(a) Blood clot.
(b) Heart attack.
(c) Aneursyn.
(d) Migraine.

9. What did Brian discover kept mosquitoes away?
(a) Bear grease.
(b) Deer skin.
(c) Mud.
(d) Smoke.

10. In Chapter 2, how tall was the moose that Paulsen saw?
(a) 6 1/2 feet.
(b) 5 1/2 feet.
(c) Nearly 7 feet.
(d) About 6 feet.

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

12. In Chapter 2, how far had Paulsen run with his dogs when he bent to adjust a thermos that was rattling?
(a) 35 miles.
(b) 50 miles.
(c) 45 miles.
(d) 40 miles.

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

14. In Chapter 1, if a life flight helicopter was needed, how long would it take to arrive?
(a) About 2 hours.
(b) An hour or more.
(c) 45 minutes.
(d) 90 minutes.

15. How many yards did Paulsen have to run in Chapter 3 when he was attacked by mosquitoes?
(a) 300 yards.
(b) 200 yards.
(c) 150 yards.
(d) 100 yards.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the first rifle that Paulsen bought?

2. How many major highways were near the town where Paulsen and his wife lived in Chapter 1?

3. How old was a boy that Paulsen saw killed by a deer in a state park?

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

5. Where was Paulsen when he ran out to check on his dogs in Chapter 3 and ran into mosquitoes?

(see the answer keys)

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