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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why do the pups run for their shelter?
(a) A black bear lumbers by
(b) Mowat starts making noise
(c) A kestrel screams nearby
(d) A raven passes overhead

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

3. Farley Mowat notes that in June, Angeline began to show signs of:
(a) Listlessness
(b) Another pregnancy
(c) Ill health
(d) Restlessness

4. 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) Three to seven individuals
(d) Five to ten individuals

5. What can happen if you ingest nematode worms?
(a) You will vomit continuously
(b) You will choke to death
(c) You will get diarrhea
(d) You will develop cysts

6. Which governmental agency was asked to search for Farley Mowat?
(a) The Churchill City Council
(b) The Interior Department
(c) The Royal Canadian Mounties
(d) The Department of Forestry

7. What event finally convinces Mowat that Ootek can understand wolf language?
(a) Ootek learns about approaching friends from the wolves
(b) Ootek tells Mowat what time the wolves will return
(c) Ootek tells Mike that the river will be flooding soon
(d) Ootek uses the wolf's information to find caribou

8. A hunting wolf would mostly likely target which of the following?
(a) A young buck
(b) A pregnant doe
(c) A healthy buck
(d) A deformed fawn

9. What, according to Ootek, are the wolves howling about?
(a) A storm
(b) Caribou
(c) Other wolves
(d) Hunters

10. How many caribou is a wolf pack likely to kill on a single hunt?
(a) Three or four
(b) One or less
(c) As many as possible
(d) Two or three

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

12. How many strange wolves arrive at the den while George and Albert are hunting?
(a) Two
(b) Four
(c) Three
(d) Five

13. Why did Mowat have to shut his eyes while throwing the Raunkaier's Circle?
(a) To make sure he didn't see where it landed
(b) To keep himself from becoming too dizzy
(c) To make sure it landed in a random spot
(d) To keep himself from being blinded by the sun

14. What does Mowat do after leaving the wolves' den?
(a) He makes a few notes
(b) He picks up a stone
(c) He smokes a cigarette
(d) He swims in the river

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mike do when Ootek tells him about the wolves' message?

2. What does Mowat find inside the wolves' den?

3. How did Uncle Albert relieve Farley Mowat's boredom during the summer?

4. Mowat goes to view an alleged slaughter of deer by wolves in what location?

5. In Ootek's story, what happened to a litter of orphaned wolf cubs?

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