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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. What does Mowat do when he hears the wolf howl?
(a) He immediately plays
(b) He runs for the cabin
(c) He slides clumsily down the esker
(d) He gets his shotgun out and cocks it

2. His radio message was forwarded to whom?
(a) His pilot
(b) His chief
(c) His professor
(d) His bartender

3. His radio has reached which country?
(a) Norway
(b) Peru
(c) Mexico
(d) Sweden

4. Where does Mowat set up 150 mouse traps?
(a) Near the wolves' den
(b) Inside the cabin
(c) Inside his own tent
(d) In a bog near his tent

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How far did the pilot fly to Mowat's base?

2. What language does Mowat hear on his radio?

3. What does the wolf do?

4. What does the pilot call his plane?

5. Mowat's field professor is an expert on which rodent?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Mowat engage Mike's help in setting up his base camp?

3. What plan does Mowat undertake in the morning?

4. Why did the pilot scold Mowat?

5. What course of action does Mowat undertake when he cannot follow his instructions?

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

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

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

9. Why does Mowat break his mouse-only diet?

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

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