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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. When Paulsen was 15, how much would a butcher charge to cut a deer carcass and wrap it in packages?

2. In Chapter 4, what did Paulsen pay for broadheads?

3. In Chapter 5, what did Paulsen say that he ate wrapped in dandelion greens because he was hungry?

4. After his experience killing a buck with a bow when he was 15, what did Paulsen always carry with him when he went hunting?

5. How hot did Paulsen say that granite needed to be for a stew?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did the men on the Lewis and Clark expedition get their water and what happened because of the way they got their water?

2. What did Paulsen find amazing about chickadees?

3. What could be done with small dried bones?

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

5. What did Paulsen say about being hungry and British sailors in the old days of sailing ships?

6. How did an Apache show Paulsen how to catch rabbits, and what did Paulsen catch one time when he was following the Apache's instructions?

7. Why did Paulsen change his mind about eating the guts of animals?

8. What was the key to cooking meat on a spit?

9. How did Paulsen use plank cooking?

10. Where and how would Paulsen run his dogs in the forest in northern Minnesota?

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

Why did Paulsen write Guts?

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