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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) Turtle.
(d) Raw fish.

2. At the end of Chapter 5, how many times did Paulsen try to eat turtle eggs and fail?
(a) 3.
(b) 4.
(c) 2.
(d) 5.

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

4. When Paulsen was in the desert in Chapter 6, what was the only thing he had to eat for a day and a half?
(a) 2 lizards.
(b) A iguana.
(c) Beetles.
(d) A turtle.

5. When Paulsen was 15, how much would a butcher charge to cut a deer carcass and wrap it in packages?
(a) $2.
(b) An 1/8 of the meat.
(c) A 1/4 of the meat.
(d) $5.

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. When Paulsen was 15, where was he when he shot a buck and it fell on him?

3. What was the first thing that a little boy in a village in Alaska offered Paulsen to eat in Chapter 5?

4. At the end of a long voyage in the old days of sailing ships, how much might a sailor pay for a rat?

5. Who used the technique that Paulsen recommended for making a cooking pot?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Paulsen find amazing about chickadees?

2. How did Paulsen recommend heating water?

3. How did Paulsen use plank cooking?

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

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

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

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

8. What could be done with small dried bones?

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

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

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