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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 did the Lewis and Clark expedition get from drinking bad water?

2. What was the second recipe that Paulsen provided in Chapter 6?

3. What type of wood did Paulsen use for his first bow?

4. In the spring and summer when there was no snow, what would Paulsen train his dogs with in Chapter 5?

5. In Chapter 5, how many grouse did Paulsen say that it took to satisfy his hunger?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why did Paulsen's dogs take off at a dead run when he stopped at a village along the Bering Sea while he was running his first Iditarod?

3. How did Paulsen recommend heating water?

4. Why did Paulsen stop using guns to hunt?

5. What did Paulsen find amazing about chickadees?

6. How did Paulsen use plank cooking?

7. Where did Paulsen get the feathers for his first bow, and what considerations did he have to make when getting feathers?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

In the Brian books, he suffered attacks from mosquitoes. Why did Paulsen say that mosquitoes were the most deadly creatures to man? What dangers were there because of mosquitoes, especially in warm climates?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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