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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What type of bones do not have marrow?
(a) Alligator.
(b) Rats.
(c) Raccoon.
(d) Bird.

2. What time did Paulsen get home when he was 15 and had to drag his first bow-killed buck home?
(a) 10 p.m.
(b) Just around 1 a.m.
(c) Well after midnight.
(d) 11 p.m.

3. How did Brian feel when he got his first hit in the excerpt at the beginning of Chapter 6?
(a) Proud.
(b) Thankful.
(c) Excited.
(d) Elated.

4. Who was near the item that Paulsen's dogs ran toward when Paulsen stopped at a village during his first Iditarod?
(a) Old man.
(b) Little boy.
(c) A couple of women.
(d) Several men.

5. In Chapter 4, what might men working in factories make in a day?
(a) $10.
(b) $8.
(c) $12.
(d) $15.

6. What did Paulsen say could be used to make a pot?
(a) Reeds.
(b) Green birch bark.
(c) Willow leaves.
(d) Log.

7. During what season did Paulsen first go hunting with his homemade bow?
(a) Spring.
(b) Summer.
(c) Winter.
(d) Fall.

8. What did Paulsen say you might want to remove when making a fish or meat stew?
(a) Liver.
(b) Stomach and intestines.
(c) Heart.
(d) Kidneys.

9. In Chapter 5, what did Brian eat in the book excerpt at the beginning of Chapter 5?
(a) Egg.
(b) Insect.
(c) Raw fish.
(d) Turtle.

10. What was the first animal Paulsen killed with his homemade bow after practicing to get his aim right?
(a) Rabbit.
(b) Duck.
(c) Grouse.
(d) Pheasant.

11. What was the first thing that a little boy in a village in Alaska offered Paulsen to eat in Chapter 5?
(a) Entrails from a seal.
(b) Blubber from a seal.
(c) Blood from a seal.
(d) Entrails from a walrus.

12. What was the principal food for men in the British navy in the old days of sailing ships?
(a) Rice.
(b) Dried beans.
(c) Potatoes.
(d) Hardtack.

13. Where did Paulsen say that he got his first bow-killed deer in Chapter 4?
(a) Abandoned homestead.
(b) Behind an old barn.
(c) Thicket.
(d) In a meadow.

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

15. 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 walrus.
(b) Dead seal.
(c) Dead polar bear.
(d) Dead fish.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the beginning of Chapter 6, how did Paulsen say that a lot of people prepared a hot meal?

2. What did the people build who used the technique that Paulsen recommended for making a cooking pot?

3. In Chapter 5, what was the second thing that a little boy in a village in Alaska offered Paulsen to eat?

4. In Chapter 5, what was the name of Paulsen's lead dog?

5. How long did it take Paulsen spend looking around a lake in the north woods for a rock that would give off sparks when struck with a hatchet?

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