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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What time of year was it when Paulsen was traveling with his dogs to Alaska in Chapter 2?
(a) March.
(b) December.
(c) January.
(d) February.

2. Where did Paulsen remember canoeing with another man in Chapter 3?
(a) Colorado.
(b) Wisconsin.
(c) Northern Minnesota.
(d) Southern Canada.

3. What diseases are transmitted by the bite of mosquitoes?
(a) Malaria or dengue fever.
(b) Ebola.
(c) Chikungunya.
(d) Zivka.

4. How many Iditarods did Paulsen run before writing Dogsong?
(a) 4.
(b) 1.
(c) 3.
(d) 2.

5. In Chapter 2, how tall was the moose that Paulsen saw?
(a) 5 1/2 feet.
(b) 6 1/2 feet.
(c) About 6 feet.
(d) Nearly 7 feet.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many mints did the buck eat in Chapter 3?

2. How many dogs were injured in the incident with the moose when Paulsen was driving his dogs to Alaska in Chapter 2?

3. How many major highways were near the town where Paulsen and his wife lived in Chapter 1?

4. Where did Paulsen say that he was sitting when he had another experience with a moose?

5. What did a boy in Chapter 3 feed a young white-tailed buck?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 2, what did Paulsen remember about a canoe being attacked by a moose?

2. In Chapter 2, what happened when a moose attacked Paulsen when he was running with his dogs?

3. What was the worst incident that Paulsen had with mosquitoes?

4. On page 34, how often had Paulsen seen moose and why had he not seen them often?

5. Why did Paulsen believe that northern mosquitoes are particularly vicious?

6. What might cause madness in moose?

7. What happened in the excerpt from Hatchet at the beginning of Chapter 1?

8. What was the first near crash Paulsen had in Chapter 1 after running his first Iditarod?

9. In Chapter 3, what did Paulsen say killed more people in North American than any other creature?

10. What happened when Paulsen was stuck on the ice with his sled dogs and gear in Chapter 1?

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