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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I, Running, Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the man do while Paulsen was hallucinating?
(a) Neither of these.
(b) Help him harness the team.
(c) Both of these.
(d) Tell him when to go.

2. How big was this mean little hen's flock?
(a) Twenty-four.
(b) Thirty.
(c) Forty-two.
(d) Twenty-eight.

3. What happened when Gary had attempted to put the eggs under the mean-spirited hen?
(a) She bit down on his thumbnail and tore a bit off.
(b) She squawked and stepped on one of her own eggs.
(c) She pecked his hand bloody.
(d) She bit down on his leather coat and tore it.

4. What made the mean hen furious?
(a) To lose control of her chicks.
(b) All of these.
(c) To be thwarted by humans.
(d) To have any of her brood near anything else.

5. Why couldn't Paulsen touch the man?
(a) The man wasn't really there.
(b) Both of these.
(c) The sled moved too fast.
(d) Neither of these.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is the start of the Iditarod?

2. What did Paulsen mix with the Boyardee to make a stew?

3. Why was it impossible to not be near this hen's brood?

4. How many grouse eggs were there?

5. What gets the dogs wound up?

(see the answer key)

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