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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 season was it when Paulsen first ran into a moose?

2. In Chapter 1, what was the nearest ambulance service from the town where Paulsen and his wife lived?

3. In Chapter 2, how far did a moose push a truck that Paulsen and a farmer were sitting in?

4. How long should it have taken Paulsen to get to a ranch northeast of Colorado Springs?

5. What type of plane did Paulsen see crash when he was on a ship headed to the Philippines?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why are mosquitoes so deadly?

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

4. What was Paulsen's least favorite job, and why did he do it anyway?

5. What crash did Paulsen see when he was seven?

6. Why did Paulsen believe that northern mosquitoes are particularly vicious?

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

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

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

10. In Chapter 3, what did Paulsen say killed more people in North American than any other creature?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why did Paulsen decide that he preferred hunting with a bow rather than a gun? How did he make that decision?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Paulsen had some close calls when flying in small planes. What close calls did Paulsen have when flying in small planes? What are the challenges of flying in small planes, especially over wilderness areas?

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