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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 pilots were available in Churchill by the time Mowat arrived?
(a) Two
(b) One
(c) Four
(d) Three

2. What does Uncle Albert do to his offering of food?
(a) Pee on it
(b) Bury it
(c) Push it away
(d) Eat it

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

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

5. What does Mowat most admire about the lead wolf's marking outside his marks?
(a) That he hit each mark exactly on the button
(b) That he did it with the speed of a jet
(c) That he did it on one tank of fuel
(d) That he covered all the ground and then some

Short Answer Questions

1. What gear is labeled "danger?"

2. Name the expense that is being debited against his salary.

3. What does the wolf do?

4. What kind wolf has Mowat seen?

5. What is Mowat's first salary?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What rumor went around Churchill about Mowat's "real" purpose for being in the area?

3. What incident stated Farley Mowat on his future career as a biologist?

4. What does Mowat do to protect himself when he thinks he hears wolves approaching?

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

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

7. Why did the pilot scold Mowat?

8. Why is Mowat sent to study the wolves?

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

10. How does the wolf react to Mowat's territory markings?

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