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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 is Farley Mowat doing when he sees the wolves in this chapter?
(a) Shaving
(b) Eating
(c) Swimming
(d) Sleeping

2. What event does Mowat describe as a high point of the day?
(a) When the wolves gather in a circle and howl
(b) When the pups come out of the den to play
(c) When Angeline hunts for mice in the grass
(d) When the wolves return to the den

3. How was the wolf finally killed?
(a) He was struck by a car
(b) He was killed by a bear
(c) He died of the disease
(d) He was shot by a soldier

4. What sound does Angeline make when she recognizes the visiting wolves?
(a) A howl
(b) A whine
(c) A bark
(d) A growl

5. What did Ootek later tell him they were doing?
(a) Trying to save him
(b) Trying to scare him
(c) Trying to clothe him
(d) Trying to hunt caribou

Short Answer Questions

1. Which piece of equipment did Mowat find surprisingly useful in his study?

2. Which governmental agency was asked to search for Farley Mowat?

3. What does Mike do when Ootek tells him about the wolves' message?

4. What emotion does Mowat feel after he leaves the den?

5. In Ootek's story, what happened to a litter of orphaned wolf cubs?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Farley Mowat do when he sees the pack of wolves in this chapter?

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

3. Why don't wolves chase the caribou for more than about fifty yards?

4. What was the response to Mowat's reporting of the caribou slaughter by human hunters?

5. Why didn't the Eskimos stay to eat dinner with Mowat?

6. What is the purpose of the cubs continuing to chase the does and fawns?

7. Describe what the pups do when they are playing near the den?

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

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

10. What, according to Mike, did Ootek learn from the wolf howls about caribou?

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