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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What would you need to seal a handmade pot for cooking?
(a) Animal fat.
(b) Pine pitch.
(c) Willow branches.
(d) Clay.

2. In Chapter 4, what type of rifle did Paulsen remember using to kill a deer?
(a) Hawken.
(b) Colt.
(c) Browning.
(d) Remington.

3. After drinking the broth of a stew, what should you eat if you cooked a small animal or fish?
(a) Everything except the kidneys.
(b) Everything except the liver.
(c) Everything except the brains.
(d) Everything.

4. How would an animal be prepared for plank cooking?
(a) Debone it.
(b) Cut it in half.
(c) Cut it in quarters.
(d) Leave it whole.

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

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

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

8. In the spring and summer when there was no snow, what would Paulsen train his dogs with in Chapter 5?
(a) Sled with wheels.
(b) 3-wheeled training cart.
(c) 2-wheeled training cart.
(d) Pony cart.

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

10. How old was Paulsen when he made his first bow?
(a) 12.
(b) 14.
(c) 13.
(d) 15.

11. What was the worst piece of meat that Paulsen said he ever had in Chapter 6?
(a) Wolf.
(b) Badger.
(c) Jackrabbit.
(d) Porcupine.

12. On Friday nights in Chapter 4, where did Paulsen work on Friday nights?
(a) Bowling alley.
(b) Grocery store.
(c) Churcn cemetery.
(d) Vet office.

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

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

15. At the end of Chapter 5, how many times did Paulsen try to eat turtle eggs and fail?
(a) 5.
(b) 2.
(c) 3.
(d) 4.

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 did Paulsen say could be used to make a pot?

3. What was the first recipe that Paulsen recorded in Chapter 6?

4. How hot did Paulsen say that granite needed to be for a stew?

5. How long did Paulsen say that water needed to be boiled before drinking?

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