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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After Paulsen got his first rifle, what animals did he bring home to eat?
(a) Rabbits and ruffed grouse.
(b) Pheasants and rabbits.
(c) Rabbits and squirrels.
(d) Pigeons and squirrels.

2. How old was Paulsen when he saw a passenger plane ditch in the Pacific?
(a) 7.
(b) 8.
(c) 6.
(d) 9.

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. Where did Paulsen first witness the madness of a moose?
(a) Canada.
(b) Michigan.
(c) Minnesota.
(d) Colorado.

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

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

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

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

14. Where does Brian land in Hatchet?
(a) Lake.
(b) Evergreen thicket.
(c) Tree.
(d) Small meadow.

15. 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) 100 yards wide and a 1/4 mile long.
(c) 25 yards and 1/16 mile long.
(d) 200 yards wide and 1/2 mile long.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of plane did Paulsen see crash when he was on a ship headed to the Philippines?

2. In Chapter 3, what was the mother doing when the deer struck the boy with his hooves?

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

4. In Chapter 2, when Paulsen was traveling to Alaska with his dogs, what did he use to go after a moose?

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

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