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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 Paulsen weigh when he was 15?
(a) 135 pounds.
(b) 145 pounds.
(c) About 130 pounds.
(d) Around 140 pounds.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When Paulsen was 15, how much would a butcher charge to cut a deer carcass and wrap it in packages?

2. In Chapter 5, where did Paulsen say that during his first Iditarod he stopped at a village early in the day?

3. In Chapter 5, what was the second thing that a little boy in a village in Alaska offered Paulsen to eat?

4. What did a man break when cross country skiiing in the dead of winter that led to his death?

5. What was the second recipe that Paulsen provided in Chapter 6?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. How did Paulsen describe his first experience hunting with his homemade bow and arrows?

5. What problems did Paulsen have when he shot a buck in a swamp?

6. Why did Paulsen choose three-bladed broadheads for his arrows?

7. How did Paulsen say that a person could make a pot for cooking when in the wilderness?

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

9. What did Paulsen do with the buck he shot when he was 15 when he got home?

10. What could be done with small dried bones?

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