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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many caribou does Mike claim to kill in a good year?
(a) 100
(b) 50
(c) 150
(d) 300

2. According to Ootek, when he was five, his father:
(a) Took him on a two-thousand mile dogsled trip
(b) Left him in a wolf den for twenty-four hours
(c) Made him survive in the wilderness for a week
(d) Left home forever, leaving him with his grandfather

3. What kind wolf has Mowat seen?
(a) Arctic
(b) Red
(c) Gray
(d) Timber

4. When do the male wolves usually leave their area to hunt?
(a) About 9:00 a.m.
(b) About 4:00 p.m.
(c) At dawn
(d) At noon

5. What game does Mowat see the pups playing with Uncle Albert?
(a) Ring Around the Rosy
(b) King of the Hill
(c) Hide and Go Seek
(d) Tag

Short Answer Questions

1. When did the pilot promise to return?

2. There, Mowat encounters:

3. His radio message was forwarded to whom?

4. What is the name of his radio call sign?

5. Where does Mowat first encounter a wolf?

Short Essay Questions

1. What effect did his message have on the Department?

2. Where did the pilot end up leaving Mowat?

3. Why is Farley Mowat so disturbed by what Mike tells him about hunting caribou?

4. What happened to the former chief of the Department?

5. Why does Farley Mowat have difficulty getting to sleep?

6. In the story that Ootek tells, what is the relationship of the wolf and the caribou?

7. What piece of equipment was Mowat forced to leave behind when he flew out of Churchill?

8. What reason does Mike give for leaving his cabin?

9. How do the wolves confound Farley Mowat's expectations in this chapter?

10. How does Mowat finally find the wolves?

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