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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Farley Mowat go to observe the pups?
(a) An outcropping of rocks
(b) A grove of pine trees
(c) A hill above the den
(d) To the shore of the river

2. What did Mowat cook for his guests?
(a) Fried mice with a crème sauce
(b) Roast duck with an apricot glaze
(c) Barbequed caribou and canned peas
(d) Fish balls in sweet-and-sour sauce

3. According to Mowat, the ideal size for a wolf traveling band is how many?
(a) Ten to fifteen individuals
(b) One to five individuals
(c) Five to ten individuals
(d) Three to seven individuals

4. What was the estimate of wolf population in the Keewatin territory prior to Farley Mowat's study?
(a) 300
(b) 300,000
(c) 3,000
(d) 30,000

5. What do the male caribou do when the wolves appear?
(a) Nothing
(b) Run at them
(c) Bellow loudly
(d) Charge them

6. What time did Ootek say George and Albert would return to the den?
(a) 12:17 p.m.
(b) About midday
(c) At dusk
(d) Near dawn

7. How long do Albert and the Husky stay together?
(a) A few hours
(b) Over a month
(c) About a week
(d) Only two days

8. Mowat confesses that he didn't believe Ootek's story until what happens?
(a) He hears a similar story from a white naturalist
(b) Mowat sees the wolves he's observing do the same thing
(c) Mike insists that the story was true and he was there
(d) Ootek takes him on a trip to visit the site of the event

9. How many people did the rabid wolf kill?
(a) None
(b) Three
(c) Two
(d) One

10. From what direction does Ootek claim to hear wolf howls?
(a) South
(b) Southwest
(c) East
(d) North

11. Mowat goes to view an alleged slaughter of deer by wolves in what location?
(a) Fishduck Lake
(b) Churchill Downs
(c) Mt. McKinley
(d) Manitoba Springs

12. Mowat describes the puppies as being roughly the same size and shape as what?
(a) Foxes
(b) Marmosets
(c) Otters
(d) Groundhogs

13. What time do the wolves appear with the herd?
(a) Mid-afternoon
(b) Shortly before noon
(c) A little after dawn
(d) Just before sunset

14. According to Ootek, one wolf patriarch lived to be at least how old?
(a) Twenty years
(b) Twenty-five years
(c) Forty years
(d) Thirty years

15. What parasite does Farley Mowat show to Ootek?
(a) An inactive tapeworm
(b) An nest of maggots
(c) A sucker fish
(d) A large mosquito

Short Answer Questions

1. How was the wolf finally killed?

2. What event does Mowat describe as a high point of the day?

3. Why, according to Mowat, are the wolves taking a holiday?

4. How many wolf-killed caribou did Farley Mowat examine?

5. This chapter takes place during which month?

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