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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many major highways were near the town where Paulsen and his wife lived in Chapter 1?
(a) 3.
(b) 4.
(c) 1.
(d) 2.

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

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

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

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

7. 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) Mosquitoes do not carry disease in the north.
(c) He found a way to avoid the bites.
(d) There were not that many mosquitoes.

8. In Chapter 1, at what altitude was the plane flying in Hatchet?
(a) 10,000 feet.
(b) 5,000 feet.
(c) 7,000 feet.
(d) 12,000 feet.

9. 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) 90 minutes.
(d) 45 minutes.

10. Where did Paulsen remember canoeing with another man in Chapter 3?
(a) Wisconsin.
(b) Colorado.
(c) Northern Minnesota.
(d) Southern Canada.

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

12. How many Iditarods did Paulsen run before writing Dogsong?
(a) 2.
(b) 1.
(c) 4.
(d) 3.

13. What job did Paulsen have that he wrote during downtimes?
(a) Ranger.
(b) Oil field worker.
(c) Construction.
(d) Snow plow driver.

14. 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.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What year did Paulsen see a passenger plane ditch in the Pacific?

4. After Paulsen got his first rifle, what animals did he bring home to eat?

5. What was Paulsen wearing in Chapter 3 when he went to check on his dogs?

(see the answer keys)

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