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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. What does Mike do when Ootek tells him about the wolves' message?
(a) He packs up for a hunting trip
(b) He sets out traps for the wolves
(c) He closes the cabin door for the night
(d) He ties the dogs close to the cabin

2. How many caribou had been killed?
(a) Twenty-three
(b) Ten
(c) Thirteen
(d) Eighteen

3. What do the wolves do when they see the caribou bucks?
(a) Run away from them
(b) Try to catch them
(c) Pass on by
(d) Kill one of them

4. How does George play a joke on Albert?
(a) He hides Albert's piece of meat
(b) He pretends to catch a mouse
(c) He sneaks up and pounces on him
(d) He howls right in Albert's ear

5. Mowat describes the puppies as being roughly the same size and shape as what?
(a) Otters
(b) Groundhogs
(c) Marmosets
(d) Foxes

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Mowat go into the wolves' den?

2. What time did Ootek say George and Albert would return to the den?

3. What do the male caribou do when the wolves appear?

4. How many wolf-killed caribou did Farley Mowat examine?

5. What time do the wolves appear with the herd?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Mowat learn from his encounter in the the wolves' den?

2. How, according to Mowat, does Angeline play jokes on George when he returns from hunting?

3. Why do Farley Mowat and Ootek take a canoe trip?

4. Why do the adult wolves give up running after the does and fawns?

5. Why does Mike allow Mowat to use his female Husky in the experiment?

6. Why is Mowat especially embarrassed when Angeline shows her disdain of him?

7. Why does Ootek reject the idea of a human child being raised by wolves?

8. Explain Ootek's statement that there are no orphans among the wolves.

9. How do the wolves act when they come upon the caribou herd?

10. How do wolves maintain population control?

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