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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I, Running, Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the primary difference between people and animals?
(a) All of these.
(b) People have opposable thumbs.
(c) People use tools.
(d) People use fire.

2. How much did Paulsen's sled weigh that night?
(a) Five hundred pounds.
(b) Close to five hundred pounds fully loaded.
(c) Close to four hundred pounds fully loaded.
(d) Three hundred and fifty pounds.

3. Where did the animal attempt to go?
(a) None of these.
(b) Towards Gary.
(c) Into the forest.
(d) Onto the ice.

4. What is largely useless to sled dogs in dry food?
(a) Both of these.
(b) The corn meal used as a base.
(c) Neither of these.
(d) The kibbles themselves.

5. What did Olaf like to fight about?
(a) All of these.
(b) Weather.
(c) Bones.
(d) Females.

Short Answer Questions

1. What stopped Paulsen from killing the bear?

2. How long did Paulsen think the run was originally going to take him?

3. What did Gary give the dogs to help ease their boredom?

4. What have bears learned in Alaska?

5. What did the male wolf do?

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