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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Mowat is surprised to see what with the wolves?
(a) A dark-gray wolf
(b) Ootek and Mike
(c) A pack of foxes
(d) Some of Mike's dogs

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

4. How was the wolf finally killed?
(a) He was killed by a bear
(b) He was struck by a car
(c) He died of the disease
(d) He was shot by a soldier

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

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

7. In late June, Mowat observed the wolves doing what?
(a) Fighting off a group of foxes
(b) Moving the pups to a new location
(c) Attack and killing a caribou
(d) Visiting with another group of wolves

8. What is the name of Mike's dog that Mowat uses in his experiment?
(a) Kona
(b) Kaila
(c) Kara
(d) Kooa

9. Who chases the does and fawns out of the valley?
(a) Angeline
(b) Albert
(c) George
(d) The pups

10. When being seriously chased by a wolf, the caribou tended to run:
(a) Towards the river
(b) Up the nearest hill
(c) In zig-zags
(d) In circles

11. What was the estimate that Mowat finally came to regarding the wolf population?
(a) 300,000
(b) 300
(c) 30,000
(d) 3,000

12. What is Farley Mowat doing when he sees the wolves in this chapter?
(a) Swimming
(b) Sleeping
(c) Shaving
(d) Eating

13. Farley Mowat watches the caribou from what vantage point?
(a) From inside his tent
(b) The roof of Mike's cabin
(c) A spot just above the den
(d) A crest overlooking a valley

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many caribou had been killed?

2. Which of the three vegetation studies does Farley Mowat decide to undertake?

3. How does George play a joke on Albert?

4. When do the caribou migrate South?

5. According to Mike, one of the wolves is:

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