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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How old was a boy that Paulsen saw killed by a deer in a state park?
(a) 6.
(b) 5.
(c) 4.
(d) 3.

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

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

5. When Paulsen first saw the moose, how fast did he think it was traveling?
(a) 50 or 60 miles an hour.
(b) 20 or 30 miles an hour.
(c) 60 or 70 miles an hour.
(d) 40 or 50 miles an hour.

6. In Chapter 3, how many dogs were in Paulsen's kennel?
(a) About 3 dozen.
(b) 48.
(c) 36.
(d) Several dozen.

7. In Chapter 2, what was Paulsen's job going to be at the time he had a second encounter with a moose?
(a) Picking up rocks.
(b) Weeding.
(c) Haying.
(d) Plowing.

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

9. How fast was the ship that Paulsen was on when he saw a plane ditch in the Pacific?
(a) 5 knots.
(b) 12 knots.
(c) 10 knots.
(d) 7 knots.

10. How old was the man that Paulsen went to help at a ranch northeast of Colorado Springs?
(a) About 40.
(b) 72.
(c) Mid-60s.
(d) 68.

11. How much did Paulsen make for hoeing sugar beets?
(a) $15 an acre.
(b) $5 an acre.
(c) $11 an acre.
(d) $13 an acre.

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

13. What year did Paulsen see a passenger plane ditch in the Pacific?
(a) 1946.
(b) 1948.
(c) 1948.
(d) 1947.

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

15. Where was Paulsen when he ran out to check on his dogs in Chapter 3 and ran into mosquitoes?
(a) Colorado.
(b) Minnesota.
(c) Wisconsin.
(d) Alaska.

Short Answer Questions

1. What time of year was it when Paulsen was traveling with his dogs to Alaska in Chapter 2?

2. In Chapter 2, where did Paulsen camp near when he was taking his dogs to Alaska?

3. In Chapter 1, where did Paulsen and his wife live?

4. In Chapter 2, besides Minnesota and Canada, where else did Paulsen remember spending time?

5. How close did the moose come to Paulsen in Chapter 2?

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