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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. Another source of food for the wolves is:
(a) Ling cod
(b) Chinook Salmon
(c) Rainbow trout
(d) Northern pike

2. What is Mowat explaining when Mike runs away?
(a) Bone setting
(b) Human dissection
(c) Map reading
(d) Brain surgery

3.
(a) Bat squeaks
(b) Goose honks
(c) Moose calls
(d) Wolf howls

4. What best describes Mowat's operations order?
(a) Unspecific
(b) Secretive
(c) Lucrative
(d) Specific

5. What makes the cabin smell bad?
(a) Dog droppings
(b) Decaying caribou
(c) Mice
(d) Skunks

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Farley Mowat feel it was necessary to test his theories about wolves eating mice?

2. The territory that Mowat marked around his tent included which of the following?

3. How does Mowat make his retreat?

4. Who introduces Mowat to wolf-juice?

5. Mike takes Mowat where?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why is Mowat sent to study the wolves?

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

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

5. What stories did Mowat hear from the people in Churchill about wolves?

6. Describe Mike's character.

7. Where did the pilot end up leaving Mowat?

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

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

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

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