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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 did a man break when cross country skiiing in the dead of winter that led to his death?
(a) Arm.
(b) Hip.
(c) Leg.
(d) Knee cap.

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

3. How long did it take Paulsen spend looking around a lake in the north woods for a rock that would give off sparks when struck with a hatchet?
(a) Days.
(b) 1 day.
(c) 2 days.
(d) Weeks.

4. In Chapter 4, what was the model number of the broadheads that Paulsen bought?
(a) MA-2s.
(b) MA-3s.
(c) MA-5s.
(d) MA-4s.

5. The year that Paulsen was 15, what was the weather like that fall?
(a) Cold and icy.
(b) Foggy and cool.
(c) Clear and sunny.
(d) Cold and rainy.

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

3. How did Brian feel when he got his first hit in the excerpt at the beginning of Chapter 6?

4. After buying broadheads in Chapter 4, what type of shafts did Paulsen buy?

5. What did Paulsen say you might want to remove when making a fish or meat stew?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do most people think it means to rough it?

2. How did Paulsen say that as hunger increased, the diet widened?

3. How would native peoples eat intestines from animals they killed?

4. Why did Paulsen's dogs take off at a dead run when he stopped at a village along the Bering Sea while he was running his first Iditarod?

5. Why did Paulsen change his mind about eating the guts of animals?

6. What was the key to cooking meat on a spit?

7. What was the one thing that Paulsen could not eat and keep down?

8. What did Paulsen say about being hungry and British sailors in the old days of sailing ships?

9. What did Paulsen see a young boy about six eating at a village along the Bering Sea during his first Iditarod?

10. How did Paulsen prepare fish and game for making a stew?

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