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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What, according to Ootek, are the wolves howling about?
(a) Other wolves
(b) A storm
(c) Caribou
(d) Hunters
2. Why, according to Mowat, are the wolves taking a holiday?
(a) They killed a caribou close to home
(b) It's far too hot a day to go hunting
(c) They usually rest at least one day a week
(d) They are resting before migrating South
3. When being seriously chased by a wolf, the caribou tended to run:
(a) Towards the river
(b) In zig-zags
(c) Up the nearest hill
(d) In circles
4. According to Mike, one of the wolves is:
(a) Angeline's father
(b) Angeline's uncle
(c) Angeline's mother
(d) Angeline's brother
5. Why does Mowat go into the wolves' den?
(a) To collect wolf scats
(b) To look for George
(c) To measure it
(d) To hide inside it
6. Which of the three vegetation studies does Farley Mowat decide to undertake?
(a) The
(b) The
(c) The
(d) The
7. What alerts Angeline to Mowat's presence?
(a) His stomach growls
(b) She smells him
(c) She sees his shadow
(d) He trips on a branch
8. According to Ootek, wolf cubs have even been adopted by:
(a) Human mothers
(b) Arctic foxes
(c) Grizzly bears
(d) Caribou herds
9. According to Mowat, a rabid wolf wandered into what town in 1946?
(a) Montreal
(b) Churchill
(c) Keewatin
(d) Ottawa
10. What noise frightens Farley Mowat as he makes his last visit to the wolves' den?
(a) Mike's dogs chasing a rabbit
(b) Ice cracking in the river
(c) A wolf howling very close by
(d) An airplane flying overhead
11. Which governmental agency was asked to search for Farley Mowat?
(a) The Churchill City Council
(b) The Royal Canadian Mounties
(c) The Interior Department
(d) The Department of Forestry
12. What were the puppies playing with?
(a) A live mouse
(b) A caribou bone
(c) Uncle Albert
(d) An old log
13. What does Mowat find inside the wolves' den?
(a) George and Albert
(b) Angeline and a pup
(c) Nothing
(d) A group of foxes
14. What was the estimate of wolf population in the Keewatin territory prior to Farley Mowat's study?
(a) 3,000
(b) 300
(c) 30,000
(d) 300,000
15. From what direction does Ootek claim to hear wolf howls?
(a) South
(b) Southwest
(c) East
(d) North
Short Answer Questions
1. How much is the bounty offered for dead wolves, according to Mowat?
2. In Ootek's story, what happened to a litter of orphaned wolf cubs?
3. Mowat describes the puppies as being roughly the same size and shape as what?
4. What was the estimate that Mowat finally came to regarding the wolf population?
5. How does George play a joke on Albert?
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