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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was driving Brian crazy in the excerpt from Hatchet at the beginning of Chapter 3?
(a) Insects.
(b) Sun.
(c) Rain.
(d) Cold.

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

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

4. How many dogs were injured in the incident with the moose when Paulsen was driving his dogs to Alaska in Chapter 2?
(a) 3.
(b) 2.
(c) 4.
(d) 1.

5. How much was Paulsen supposed to earn for a farmer when he had the encounter with the moose?
(a) $6 a day plus room and board.
(b) $4 a day plus room and board.
(c) $5 a day plus room and board.
(d) $7 a day plus room and board.

6. How long after the man from the ranch northeast of Colorado Springs died, did Paulsen witness an airplane crash?
(a) 1 week.
(b) 2 weeks.
(c) 11 days.
(d) 8 days.

7. What volunteer job did Paulsen have in Chapter 1?
(a) Emergency ambulance.
(b) Paramedic.
(c) Volunteer peace officer.
(d) Volunteer firefighter.

8. Where did Paulsen say that he was sitting when he had another experience with a moose?
(a) 1941 Dodge truck.
(b) 1936 Ford truck.
(c) 1938 Ford truck.
(d) 1940 Chevy truck.

9. In the excerpt from Hatchet at the beginning of Chapter 2, what hits Brian?
(a) Bear.
(b) Deer.
(c) Moose.
(d) Elk.

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

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

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

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

14. In Chapter 2, where did Paulsen camp near when he was taking his dogs to Alaska?
(a) Trapper Creek.
(b) Wonowon.
(c) Mackenzie.
(d) Tumbler Ridge.

15. How much did Paulsen earn picking potatoes?
(a) 3 cents a bushel.
(b) 7 cents a bushel.
(c) 10 cents a bushel.
(d) 5 cents a bushel.

Short Answer Questions

1. What attracted mosquitoes to dogs in Chapter 3?

2. In Chapter 3, what had been bothering Paulsen's dogs?

3. How many mosquitoes bite?

4. How have small animals died from mosquitoes?

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

(see the answer keys)

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