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

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

3. What noise frightens Farley Mowat as he makes his last visit to the wolves' den?
(a) A wolf howling very close by
(b) Ice cracking in the river
(c) Mike's dogs chasing a rabbit
(d) An airplane flying overhead

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which wolf seems the most restless?

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

3. How much is the bounty offered for dead wolves, according to Mowat?

4. Which of the three vegetation studies does Farley Mowat decide to undertake?

5. What did Ootek later tell him they were doing?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How do wolves maintain population control?

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

4. What is the purpose of the Raunkaier's Circle?

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

6. What do the strange wolves do when they are with Angeline?

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

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

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

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

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