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

2. Which wolf seems the most restless?
(a) Angeline
(b) George
(c) Albert
(d) One of the pups

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

4. What parasite does Farley Mowat show to Ootek?
(a) An nest of maggots
(b) An inactive tapeworm
(c) A sucker fish
(d) A large mosquito

5. According to Mike, one of the wolves is:
(a) Angeline's mother
(b) Angeline's brother
(c) Angeline's uncle
(d) Angeline's father

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the wolves do when they see the caribou bucks?

2. According to Mowat, a rabid wolf wandered into what town in 1946?

3. Farley Mowat notes that in June, Angeline began to show signs of:

4. How many caribou had been killed?

5. Why do the pups run for their shelter?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the wolf keep the caribou herd strong?

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

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

4. How do wolves maintain population control?

5. How do Huskies differ from wolves?

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

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

8. Why does Farley Mowat need to leave his observation site?

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

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

(see the answer keys)

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