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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Mowat's first salary?

2. How much territory do they cover in a nightly hunt, according to Farley Mowat's estimates?

3. What does Uncle Albert do to his offering of food?

4. Mowat's radio has a range of how many miles?

5. Who is Kaila?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the area around the wolf den.

2. Why does Mowat break his mouse-only diet?

3. How does Mowat finally find the wolves?

4. Where did the pilot end up leaving Mowat?

5. Why is Mowat sent to study the wolves?

6. Describe a "wolf nap."

7. Why did the pilot scold Mowat?

8. What plan does Mowat undertake in the morning?

9. What rumor went around Churchill about Mowat's "real" purpose for being in the area?

10. Why is Farley Mowat so disturbed by what Mike tells him about hunting caribou?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Research and write a paper on the scientific experiments on animals and language. What have scientists learned about animals and language since Farley Mowat wrote Never Cry Wolf?

Essay Topic 2

Research and write an essay about the depiction of wolves in fiction, legends, and folk stories. How do these depictions compare with Mowat's stories? Use details from the book in your essay.

Essay Topic 3

Examine the techniques that Farley Mowat uses in this book to create humor. List all the different types of humor in the book, giving at least two examples of each technique.

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