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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. When do the caribou migrate South?
(a) In October
(b) In September
(c) In November
(d) In December

2. In Ootek's story, what happened to a litter of orphaned wolf cubs?
(a) They were taken in by Ootek and his dogs
(b) They were sold to a white trapper
(c) They died from starvation after two weeks
(d) They were adopted by another pair of wolves

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

4. What alerts Angeline to Mowat's presence?
(a) He trips on a branch
(b) She sees his shadow
(c) His stomach growls
(d) She smells him

5. How many wolf-killed caribou did Farley Mowat examine?
(a) 57
(b) 17
(c) 27
(d) 67

Short Answer Questions

1. How many caribou is a wolf pack likely to kill on a single hunt?

2. Mowat describes the puppies as being roughly the same size and shape as what?

3. Farley Mowat watches the caribou from what vantage point?

4. What is the name of Mike's dog that Mowat uses in his experiment?

5. Who chases the does and fawns out of the valley?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. How did Farley Mowat get back to civilization?

5. How do Huskies differ from wolves?

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

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

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

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

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

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