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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 long do Albert and the Husky stay together?

2. Mowat used Uncle Albert in this chapter to observe what aspect of wolf behavior?

3. In Ootek's story, what happened to a litter of orphaned wolf cubs?

4. How did Uncle Albert relieve Farley Mowat's boredom during the summer?

5. According to Ootek, one wolf patriarch lived to be at least how old?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How do wolves maintain population control?

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

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

6. How did Farley Mowat get back to civilization?

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

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

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

10. How do Huskies differ from wolves?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Wolves were once one of the most widespread mammal species on earth. Why has their population decreased so radically? Write a research paper charting the growth or decrease of wolf populations in North America in the last hundred years.

Essay Topic 3

In Never Cry Wolf, we learn that wolves and other animals have natural controls on their population. Write a research paper about another type of animal and what limits their population from growing out of control.

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