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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. There, Mowat encounters:
(a) Some vicious fish
(b) A curious wolf cub
(c) An old trapper
(d) Some hungry mice

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

3. Scatology is the study of animal:
(a) Droppings
(b) Tracks
(c) Breeding
(d) Behavior

4. The territory that Mowat marked around his tent included which of the following?
(a) A place where he could fish in the river
(b) A boulder from which he could observe the den
(c) About a hundred yards of the wolves' trail
(d) An area where the pups often came to play

5. Why does the plane have trouble taking off?
(a) A drunken pilot
(b) A broken wing
(c) A faulty engine
(d) Frozen skis

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of his radio call sign?

2. What does Mowat observe the wolves doing?

3. What is the pilot's dream?

4. Mike takes Mowat where?

5. Mike lives alone in how many square miles?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Where did the pilot end up leaving Mowat?

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

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

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

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

7. What plan does Mowat undertake in the morning?

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

9. Explain the names that Farley Mowat gives to the wolves.

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

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