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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. How many strange wolves arrive at the den while George and Albert are hunting?

2. This chapter takes place during which month?

3. In late June, Mowat observed the wolves doing what?

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

5. Mowat confesses that he didn't believe Ootek's story until what happens?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Farley Mowat get back to civilization?

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

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

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

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

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

7. Why do Farley Mowat and Ootek take a canoe trip?

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

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

10. What, according to Mike, did Ootek learn from the wolf howls about caribou?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Imagine yourself in Farley Mowat's place when he was left alone in the wilderness. What would you do in such a situation? Describe at least three different courses of action you might take.

Essay Topic 2

How have people's perceptions about wolves changed since this book was written? Research critical opinion about the book and its ideas and how they have changed since the book's publication.

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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