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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What did Paulsen say in Chapter 5 was almost like eating a snack food if you remembered the salt?
(a) Snake.
(b) Grub worms.
(c) Grasshoppers.
(d) Ants.

4. How hot did Paulsen say that granite needed to be for a stew?
(a) Red-hot.
(b) Warm to the touch.
(c) 90 degrees.
(d) 80 degrees.

5. How much could Paulsen sell a snowshoe rabbit for in Chapter 4?
(a) 10 cents.
(b) 25 cents.
(c) 15 cents.
(d) 5 cents.

6. Who used the technique that Paulsen recommended for making a cooking pot?
(a) Haitians.
(b) Cubans.
(c) Jamaicans.
(d) Native Americans.

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

8. When Paulsen shot his first buck with an arrow when he was 15, how far was he from his bicycle?
(a) 2 miles.
(b) 2 1/2 miles.
(c) 1 1/2 miles.
(d) 3 miles.

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

10. In Chapter 5, how many days did Paulsen say that he went without a kill?
(a) 4.
(b) 2.
(c) 5.
(d) 3.

11. In Chapter 4, how much did the bullets cost per box for Paulsen's first rifle?
(a) 15 cents.
(b) 18 cents.
(c) 20 cents.
(d) 25 cents.

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

13. What types of stone did Paulsen recommend to use to heat a cooking pot over a fire?
(a) Granite.
(b) Feldspar.
(c) Quartz.
(d) Sandstone.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In Chapter 5, how big did Paulsen say that some of the snapping turtles were?

3. What was the worst piece of meat that Paulsen said he ever had in Chapter 6?

4. The year that Paulsen was 15, what was the weather like that fall?

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

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