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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did a boy in Chapter 3 feed a young white-tailed buck?

2. In Chapter 2, where did Paulsen camp near when he was taking his dogs to Alaska?

3. How many mosquitoes bite?

4. When Paulsen and a friend drove his dogs from Minnesota to Alaska, how many days did they drive on the Alaska Highway?

5. In Chapter 3, how much did Paulsen itch after being attacked by mosquitoes in his dog kennel?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Where was Paulsen when he saw a deer kill a boy, and how did he describe the attack?

4. What might cause madness in moose?

5. What does Paulsen remember being attacked by, and what was the worst in Chapter 2?

6. What happened in the excerpt from Hatchet at the beginning of Chapter 1?

7. In Chapter 1, what happened to a pilot and his passengers who took off from Denver?

8. What was the worst incident that Paulsen had with mosquitoes?

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

10. What were some other insects that Paulsen said bothered humans?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What moose attacks did Paulsen describe? What did those attacks reveal about the madness that seems to infect moose?

Essay Topic 2

Paulsen was attacked by a moose when he was running his dogs in the dark. What was the moose attack like? Why did Paulsen get so angry at the moose? How did Paulsen’s anger simmer for years? Would Paulsen have sought revenge for the attack if he could have?

Essay Topic 3

Each chapter has a descriptive title. Are these title spoilers?

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