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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In Chapter 1, where did Paulsen and his wife live?
(a) Small village.
(b) A medium-sized town.
(c) Prairie town.
(d) Farm.

3. Where did Paulsen say that grouse liked to hide?
(a) Berry thickets.
(b) Willows.
(c) Evergreens.
(d) Oaks.

4. 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) 8 minutes.
(c) Less than 5 minutes.
(d) 11 minutes.

5. At the end of Chapter 3, what did Paulsen know killed a man while on a fishing trip?
(a) Tainted water.
(b) Deerflies.
(c) Blackflies.
(d) Poison ivy.

6. How far did the wreckage spread from the plane that crashed east of Denver in Chapter 1?
(a) 75 yards and 1/8 mile long.
(b) 25 yards and 1/16 mile long.
(c) 200 yards wide and 1/2 mile long.
(d) 100 yards wide and a 1/4 mile long.

7. How many mints did the buck eat in Chapter 3?
(a) 3 or 4.
(b) 4 or 5.
(c) 6.
(d) 2.

8. How much did a pilot charge to rescue Paulsen and his dogs when Paulsen was trapped on the ice in Chapter 1?
(a) $1,000.
(b) $900.
(c) $750.
(d) $800.

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

10. Why did Brian in Hatchet not have to worry about dying from mosquito-transmitted diseases?
(a) They were a different type of mosquito than found in Africa.
(b) There were not that many mosquitoes.
(c) Mosquitoes do not carry disease in the north.
(d) He found a way to avoid the bites.

11. 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) 4 days.
(c) 1 day.
(d) 2 days.

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

13. Where can a moose pick up a parasite that can cause madness?
(a) Eating tree bark.
(b) Eating chokeberries.
(c) Eating dead game.
(d) Eating in the water.

14. What diseases are transmitted by the bite of mosquitoes?
(a) Malaria or dengue fever.
(b) Zivka.
(c) Chikungunya.
(d) Ebola.

15. How old was Paulsen when he first witnessed the madness of a moose?
(a) 11.
(b) 13.
(c) 9.
(d) 12.

Short Answer Questions

1. How far was a ranch that Paulsen went to from Colorado Springs?

2. What season was it when Paulsen first ran into a moose?

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

4. How are most people killed by deer?

5. When Paulsen and a friend drove his dogs from Minnesota to Alaska, how many days did they drive on the Alaska Highway?

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