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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 do the male caribou do when the wolves appear?
(a) Charge them
(b) Bellow loudly
(c) Run at them
(d) Nothing

2. According to Mowat, a rabid wolf wandered into what town in 1946?
(a) Keewatin
(b) Churchill
(c) Montreal
(d) Ottawa

3. Mowat confesses that he didn't believe Ootek's story until what happens?
(a) Mowat sees the wolves he's observing do the same thing
(b) He hears a similar story from a white naturalist
(c) Ootek takes him on a trip to visit the site of the event
(d) Mike insists that the story was true and he was there

4. What time did Ootek say George and Albert would return to the den?
(a) At dusk
(b) About midday
(c) Near dawn
(d) 12:17 p.m.

5. How does Albert first react to the female Husky?
(a) He pretends to ignore her
(b) He runs in the other direction
(c) He tries to bite her
(d) He turns into a buffoon

Short Answer Questions

1. How was the wolf finally killed?

2. How many caribou had been killed?

3. What does Mowat do after leaving the wolves' den?

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

5. How did Mowat react when Ootek lost the Raunkaier's Circle?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. How do wolves maintain population control?

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

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

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

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