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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. How long did Paulsen work on the man from a ranch northeast of Colorado Springs?
2. What animals kill more people in North American than any other animal?
3. What was driving Brian crazy in the excerpt from Hatchet at the beginning of Chapter 3?
4. How many heart attack victims did Paulsen see in his first year volunteering in Chapter 1?
5. Where did Paulsen first witness the madness of a moose?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Paulsen remember being attacked by, and what was the worst in Chapter 2?
2. What had Paulsen seen and heard about the viciousness of mosquitoes?
3. What did Paulsen remember seeing after the deer killed a boy?
4. What did Paulsen believe was the solution to all the dangers in the wilderness?
5. In Chapter 2, what happened when a moose attacked Paulsen when he was running with his dogs?
6. What might cause madness in moose?
7. Why did Paulsen believe that northern mosquitoes are particularly vicious?
8. What happened in the excerpt from Hatchet at the beginning of Chapter 1?
9. What was a moose attack like in Chapter 2 when Paulsen was driving his dogs to Alaska?
10. Where did Paulsen live, and what was the ambulance service like when he became a volunteer ambulance driver?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What process did Paulsen have to go through in order to be able to start a fire with a hatchet and a rock? What did the experience reveal about persistence?
Essay Topic 2
Paulsen found the chickadee to be an amazing creature. Why was Paulsen fascinated by the chickadee? What lessons did he think could be learned from the chickadee?
Essay Topic 3
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?
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