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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. Where did he buy his broadheads from in Chapter 4?

2. During what season did Paulsen first go hunting with his homemade bow?

3. What did the people build who used the technique that Paulsen recommended for making a cooking pot?

4. In Chapter 4, what type of rifle did Paulsen remember using to kill a deer?

5. When did people live like Brian did in Paulsen's books?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Paulsen say that as hunger increased, the diet widened?

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

3. What problems did Paulsen have when he shot a buck in a swamp?

4. Why did Paulsen choose three-bladed broadheads for his arrows?

5. What did Paulsen do with the buck he shot when he was 15 when he got home?

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

7. How did Paulsen say that a person could make a pot for cooking when in the wilderness?

8. What did Paulsen say about the first game he shot with a rifle?

9. What do most people think it means to rough it?

10. What could be done with small dried bones?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Paulsen was on his own as a boy and had to provide for himself. Why did Paulsen have to work hard for everything he got? Why did he have to learn to make do with very little money and resources? Was Paulsen resourceful?

Essay Topic 2

Point of view determines what readers know about events and characters. What is the point of the view of the book? How does the point of view influence what readers know about events and people?

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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