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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 year did Paulsen see a passenger plane ditch in the Pacific?

2. In Chapter 3, what was the mother doing when the deer struck the boy with his hooves?

3. How much did Paulsen earn picking potatoes?

4. After Paulsen got his first rifle, what animals did he bring home to eat?

5. How was Paulsen injured in the moose attack at the end of Chapter 2?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Paulsen not become a pilot later in life when he had more time and money?

2. What was a moose attack like in Chapter 2 when Paulsen was driving his dogs to Alaska?

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

4. What was the target of the first moose that Paulsen saw, and how did the moose demolish its target?

5. In Chapter 2, what happened when a moose attacked Paulsen when he was running with his dogs?

6. Which mosquitoes bite, and how many people can one mosquito infect?

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

8. In Chapter 2, what were some jobs that Paulsen had that enabled him to buy clothing and supplies for school?

9. What did Paulsen remember seeing after the deer killed a boy?

10. What was the first near crash Paulsen had in Chapter 1 after running his first Iditarod?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why did Paulsen write Guts?

Essay Topic 2

Paulsen provides some recipes and ways to cook in the wilderness. What did Paulsen learn about cooking in the wild? Why was cooking such a joy in the wild?

Essay Topic 3

Paulsen saw a boy killed in a state park. How was a boy killed in a state park? What sign was near the boy’s body after he died? What was ironic about the attack?

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