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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. In Chapter 1, what was the nearest ambulance service from the town where Paulsen and his wife lived?
(a) 500 miles.
(b) 1000s of square miles.
(c) 800 miles.
(d) 100s of square miles.

2. How many people can be infected and possibly killed by one mosquito?
(a) Several.
(b) A few.
(c) 11.
(d) 18.

3. What year did Paulsen see a passenger plane ditch in the Pacific?
(a) 1946.
(b) 1948.
(c) 1947.
(d) 1948.

4. In Chapter 3, how much did Paulsen itch after being attacked by mosquitoes in his dog kennel?
(a) 2 weeks.
(b) A week.
(c) 3 days.
(d) 2 days.

5. In Chapter 2, when Paulsen was traveling to Alaska with his dogs, what did he use to go after a moose?
(a) Rifle.
(b) Axe.
(c) Pistol.
(d) Tree branch.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where can a moose pick up a parasite that can cause madness?

2. What season was it when Paulsen first ran into a moose?

3. How many Iditarods did Paulsen run before writing Dogsong?

4. In Chapter 1, at what altitude was the plane flying in Hatchet?

5. How long after the man from the ranch northeast of Colorado Springs died, did Paulsen witness an airplane crash?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why are mosquitoes so deadly?

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

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

4. What did Paulsen remember about game wardens and hunting season in Chapter 2?

5. What did Paulsen believe was the solution to all the dangers in the wilderness?

6. What did Paulsen say about the heart attack victims he saw during his first year as an ambulance volunteer in Chapter 1?

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

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

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

10. Why did Paulsen never get his pilot's license?

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