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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. This chapter takes place during which month?
(a) October
(b) August
(c) September
(d) July
2. How many wolf-killed caribou did Farley Mowat examine?
(a) 27
(b) 67
(c) 17
(d) 57
3. What was the estimate that Mowat finally came to regarding the wolf population?
(a) 300,000
(b) 3,000
(c) 30,000
(d) 300
4. What event does Mowat describe as a high point of the day?
(a) When the wolves return to the den
(b) When the wolves gather in a circle and howl
(c) When Angeline hunts for mice in the grass
(d) When the pups come out of the den to play
5. Farley Mowat notes that in June, Angeline began to show signs of:
(a) Listlessness
(b) Another pregnancy
(c) Restlessness
(d) Ill health
6. Which piece of equipment did Mowat find surprisingly useful in his study?
(a) The gas grenade
(b) The gas mask
(c) The shotgun
(d) One of the axes
7. How many caribou had been killed?
(a) Ten
(b) Eighteen
(c) Thirteen
(d) Twenty-three
8. When do the caribou migrate South?
(a) In November
(b) In September
(c) In December
(d) In October
9. Where does Farley Mowat go to observe the pups?
(a) To the shore of the river
(b) A grove of pine trees
(c) A hill above the den
(d) An outcropping of rocks
10. How did Mowat react when Ootek lost the Raunkaier's Circle?
(a) He fainted dead away
(b) He started crying
(c) He scolded Ootek
(d) He danced a jig
11. How many caribou is a wolf pack likely to kill on a single hunt?
(a) As many as possible
(b) Three or four
(c) Two or three
(d) One or less
12. What alerts Angeline to Mowat's presence?
(a) She smells him
(b) He trips on a branch
(c) His stomach growls
(d) She sees his shadow
13. When being seriously chased by a wolf, the caribou tended to run:
(a) Towards the river
(b) In circles
(c) Up the nearest hill
(d) In zig-zags
14. What time did Ootek say George and Albert would return to the den?
(a) About midday
(b) 12:17 p.m.
(c) At dusk
(d) Near dawn
15. What is Farley Mowat doing when he sees the wolves in this chapter?
(a) Swimming
(b) Sleeping
(c) Shaving
(d) Eating
Short Answer Questions
1. What noise frightens Farley Mowat as he makes his last visit to the wolves' den?
2. Mowat confesses that he didn't believe Ootek's story until what happens?
3. According to Ootek, one wolf patriarch lived to be at least how old?
4. What sound does Angeline make when she recognizes the visiting wolves?
5. What parasite does Farley Mowat show to Ootek?
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