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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What type of branch did Paulsen say to choose to hold a cooking pot over the fire?
(a) Straight.
(b) Fork-shaped.
(c) Round.
(d) Flexed.

2. How long did Paulsen say that water needed to be boiled before drinking?
(a) 15 minutes.
(b) 30 minutes.
(c) 20 minutes.
(d) 25 minutes.

3. In Chapter 4, how many hours would Paulsen have had to work setting pins in a bowling alley to afford a $30 bow?
(a) 130.
(b) 115.
(c) More than 100.
(d) About 120.

4. What was the name of a friend of Paulsen's who had a snapping turtle bite his right buttock cheek?
(a) Walter.
(b) Peter.
(c) David.
(d) William.

5. At the end of a long voyage in the old days of sailing ships, how much might a sailor pay for a rat?
(a) 10 days' wages.
(b) A week's wages.
(c) Month's wages.
(d) 2 days' wages.

6. Where did Paulsen train for his first Iditarod?
(a) Southern Canada.
(b) Western Canada.
(c) Southern Alaska.
(d) Northern Minnesota.

7. When Paulsen was 15 and shot his first buck with a bow, how far was he from town?
(a) 4 1/2 miles.
(b) 5 miles.
(c) 3 miles.
(d) 4 miles.

8. What creatrue did Paulsen say in Chapter 5 he could have studied and learned a whole life's lesson?
(a) Wolf.
(b) Dog.
(c) Chickadee.
(d) Fox.

9. When did people live like Brian did in Paulsen's books?
(a) 10,000 to 12,000 B.C.
(b) Prehistoric times.
(c) 30,000 to 50,000 B.C.
(d) 2,000 to 3,000 B.C.

10. In Chapter 5, why did Paulsen say that he could no longer winter in Northern Minnesota?
(a) COPD.
(b) His heart.
(c) Allergies.
(d) Asthma.

11. How big was the buck that Paulsen took with a bow when he was 15?
(a) 190 pounds.
(b) About 225 pounds.
(c) Close to 200 pounds.
(d) 230 pounds.

12. When Paulsen was 15, how much would a butcher charge to cut a deer carcass and wrap it in packages?
(a) An 1/8 of the meat.
(b) $5.
(c) A 1/4 of the meat.
(d) $2.

13. When Paulsen stopped at a village during his first Iditarod, what did his dogs smell that made them take off at a run?
(a) Dead fish.
(b) Dead walrus.
(c) Dead polar bear.
(d) Dead seal.

14. In Chapter 5, where did Paulsen say that during his first Iditarod he stopped at a village early in the day?
(a) Beiring Sea.
(b) King Cove.
(c) Clarks Point.
(d) Arctic Sea.

15. What would you use to hold meat on a plank to cook it?
(a) Willow branches.
(b) Wooden pegs.
(c) Sticks.
(d) Stones.

Short Answer Questions

1. After his experience killing a buck with a bow when he was 15, what did Paulsen always carry with him when he went hunting?

2. What type of cooking did Paulsen consider more of an accident than cooking?

3. When Paulsen was 15, where was he when he shot a buck and it fell on him?

4. In Chapter 5, how many grouse did Paulsen say that it took to satisfy his hunger?

5. What did Paulsen weigh when he was 15?

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