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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I, Running, Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What scared Paulsen about the song the dogs sang?
(a) It was a song the dogs had sung when one of their member had died in his kennel from old age.
(b) All of these.
(c) He had heard it only once before.
(d) It was a death song.

2. Which dog did Gary define as having had a sense of humor?
(a) Obeah.
(b) Columbia.
(c) Cookie.
(d) Olaf.

3. What kind of lick was being given?
(a) A wound lick.
(b) A blood thirsty lick.
(c) None of these.
(d) A prey lick.

4. What didn't Paulsen know?
(a) Sled dogs should be fed raw meat.
(b) Both of these.
(c) Sled dogs should never be fed dry dog food.
(d) Neither of these.

5. What do sled dogs not really know?
(a) Harnesses.
(b) All of these.
(c) Their own mortality.
(d) Collars.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened as a result of the interaction between Olaf and Columbia?

2. What did Gary begin training his dogs for?

3. What is cuter than a grouse chick, according to Gary?

4. How did Paulsen know that the dogs weren't tired?

5. What stopped Paulsen from killing the bear?

(see the answer key)

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