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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 5, what did Brian eat in the book excerpt at the beginning of Chapter 5?
(a) Insect.
(b) Egg.
(c) Raw fish.
(d) Turtle.

2. During Paulsen's first hunt with his homemade bow, how many arrows did he shoot at a grouse and miss?
(a) 12.
(b) 8.
(c) 5.
(d) 10.

3. Who used the technique that Paulsen recommended for making a cooking pot?
(a) Cubans.
(b) Haitians.
(c) Jamaicans.
(d) Native Americans.

4. In Chapter 5, what did Paulsen say made the best sauce?
(a) Berries.
(b) Mushrooms.
(c) Greens.
(d) Hunger.

5. In Chapter 5, what did Paulsen say that he ate wrapped in dandelion greens because he was hungry?
(a) Grubs.
(b) Worms.
(c) Beetles.
(d) Ants.

Short Answer Questions

1. What time did Paulsen get home when he was 15 and had to drag his first bow-killed buck home?

2. What did Paulsen say in Chapter 5 was almost like eating a snack food if you remembered the salt?

3. What was the name of a friend of Paulsen's who had a snapping turtle bite his right buttock cheek?

4. When Paulsen shot his first buck with an arrow when he was 15, how far was he from his bicycle?

5. At the beginning of Chapter 6, what did Brian catch for food?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. When did Paulsen start hitting game and targets with his homemade bow and arrows?

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

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

7. Where and how would Paulsen run his dogs in the forest in northern Minnesota?

8. Why could Paulsen not afford to buy his first bow?

9. Why did Paulsen stop using guns to hunt?

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

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