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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. Mowat planned to test his theory by:
(a) Feeding only mice to a dog, while feeding caribou to another dog
(b) Preventing the wolves from hunting any prey but mice for several months
(c) Eating only mice for a time, then eating fresh fish and canned meat
(d) Eating only mice, then comparing himself to Mike, who lived on caribou

2. What is the name of materials needed for the lupine project?
(a) Procurements
(b) Essentials
(c) Desiderata
(d) Necessities

3. What new equipment does Farley Mowat take with to observe the wolves?
(a) A waterproof cushion
(b) A high-powered telescope
(c) A high-powered shotgun
(d) A cassette tape recorder

4. What did Ootek give to Mowat after dinner?
(a) A caribou steak
(b) A dead chicken
(c) Five thrush eggs
(d) Two chicken eggs

5. What, according to the Government agencies, was the cause of plunge in caribou populations?
(a) Global warming
(b) Human hunters
(c) Arctic Wolves
(d) Pollution

Short Answer Questions

1. When did the pilot promise to return?

2. What does Uncle Albert do to his offering of food?

3. What gear is labeled "danger?"

4. Young Mowat finds what dying animals on his grandparents' land?

5. What, according to Mowat are the most bloodthirsty beats in the Arctic?

Short Essay Questions

1. What finally brought Mowat's stay in Churchill to an end?

2. What circumstances prevented Mowat from making the extensive general survey mandated by his instructions?

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

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

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

6. Why is Mowat sent to study the wolves?

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

8. How does Mowat finally find the wolves?

9. What resolution does Farley Mowat make at the end of this chapter?

10. Where does Farley Mowat move to when he leaves the cabin?

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