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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) A 1/4 of the meat.
(c) $2.
(d) $5.

2. What did Paulsen enjoy eating when he was a laborer on a bad film about mountain men in Chapter 6?
(a) Deer.
(b) Beef.
(c) Lamb.
(d) Buffalo.

3. In Chapter 5, how many grouse did Paulsen say that it took to satisfy his hunger?
(a) 4.
(b) 3 or more.
(c) 2.
(d) 2 or more.

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

5. What type of cooking did Paulsen not recommend?
(a) Pit cooking.
(b) Kiln cooking.
(c) Stone cooking.
(d) Spit cooking.

6. In Chapter 5, how big did Paulsen say that some of the snapping turtles were?
(a) 1 1/2 feet or more across.
(b) 2 or more feet across.
(c) 3 feet or more across.
(d) 2 1/2 feet or more across.

7. What type of wood did Paulsen use for his first bow?
(a) Maple.
(b) Walnut.
(c) Lemon.
(d) Cherry.

8. When Paulsen was 15, where was he when he shot a buck and it fell on him?
(a) Swamp.
(b) Thicket.
(c) Prairie.
(d) Woods.

9. What did the Lewis and Clark expedition get from drinking bad water?
(a) Giardiasis.
(b) Amoebiasis.
(c) Cholera.
(d) Dysentery.

10. After buying broadheads in Chapter 4, what type of shafts did Paulsen buy?
(a) Oak.
(b) Cedar.
(c) Willow.
(d) Walnut.

11. What did Paulsen say in Chapter 6 that a person could use for bait if they did not eat it for themselves?
(a) Earthworm.
(b) Grub worm.
(c) Flies.
(d) Intestines.

12. At what temperature can the chickadee survive?
(a) 40.
(b) -20.
(c) -60.
(d) 30.

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

14. How old was the arrowhead that Paulsen said he got for Christmas in Chapter 4?
(a) 1748.
(b) 500 B.C.
(c) 1813.
(d) 300 B.C.

15. What was the pull weight of Paulsen's Bear Cub bow in Chapter 4?
(a) 45 pounds.
(b) 50 pounds.
(c) 30 pounds.
(d) 40 pounds.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What was the second recipe that Paulsen provided in Chapter 6?

3. In Chapter 5, what did Paulsen say made the best sauce?

4. When spit cooking, what is the most important thing to do?

5. In Chapter 4, how much did the bullets cost per box for Paulsen's first rifle?

(see the answer keys)

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