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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 much territory do they cover in a nightly hunt, according to Farley Mowat's estimates?
(a) Forty or fifty miles
(b) Ten or twenty miles
(c) Twenty or thirty miles
(d) Thirty or forty miles

2. Mike lives alone in how many square miles?
(a) 500
(b) 5,000
(c) 10,000
(d) 1,000

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

4. According to Mowat, wolves mate:
(a) With several different partners
(b) Every six months or so
(c) Only after a long courtship
(d) With a single partner for life

5. Where does Mowat figure that the female wolf has disappeared to?
(a) Across the river
(b) Over a hill
(c) Behind a boulder
(d) Into a den

Short Answer Questions

1. Through his binoculars, Mowat sees a moving object that resembles what?

2. Mowat planned to test his theory by:

3. Scatology is the study of animal:

4. What does Mowat observe the wolves doing?

5. What does Mowat show to Mike?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where did the pilot end up leaving Mowat?

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

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

4. Describe the area around the wolf den.

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

6. What is "wolf-juice?"

7. Why does Farley Mowat start eating mice?

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

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

10. What was the purpose of the tear-gas grenades that Farley Mowat was equipped with?

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