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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Gary's ignorance based on?
(a) Things he had been told.
(b) Experience.
(c) All of these.
(d) Knowledge.

2. How was Storm the classic sled dog?
(a) He looked like a brindle wolf.
(b) All of these.
(c) He was an honest dog, and always worked hard, even when tired.
(d) He liked people, and to be petted.

3. What have bears learned in Alaska?
(a) The sound of a moose hunter's gun means fresh guts left over.
(b) The sound of a sled means dogs.
(c) The difference between a moose hunter gun and a bear hunter gun.
(d) All of these.

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

5. What did Paulsen learn from that night?
(a) Both of these.
(b) That he wanted to know everything about leading a team.
(c) Neither of these.
(d) That he wanted to know everything about sled dogs.

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

7. About how heavy were each of these wolves?
(a) Forty or fifty pounds.
(b) Thirty pounds.
(c) Eighty pounds.
(d) Sixty pounds.

8. What does Gary know was wrong of him to do?
(a) All of these.
(b) Kill the wolves.
(c) Stop the wolves.
(d) Yell.

9. What did the male wolf do?
(a) Raise himself to his hind legs.
(b) Growl.
(c) Howl.
(d) Bark.

10. When Paulsen let Storm run free of harness or anything, what did he do?
(a) Both of these.
(b) Neither of these.
(c) Sat down patiently by his position.
(d) Ran back into his harness position and acted as though to pull.

11. When do people still tiptoe?
(a) Both of these.
(b) When Hawk is on top of the chimney.
(c) Neither of these.
(d) When Hawk is on top of the woodpile.

12. What happened when Storm was tied to the sled, and the sled started to move?
(a) Storm passed out.
(b) None of these.
(c) Storm went insane, and tore up the sled until he was allowed off.
(d) Storm howled.

13. How many miles had the team covered?
(a) One hundred and seventy-five miles.
(b) One hundred ninety miles.
(c) Two hundred miles.
(d) One hundred and eighty miles.

14. What is the perfect temperature for running?
(a) Twenty below.
(b) Thirty below.
(c) Ten below.
(d) Fifteen below.

15. What was the little mean hen's name?
(a) Eagle.
(b) Evil.
(c) Hawk.
(d) Raven.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. How cold was it when Paulsen woke to a living blanket?

4. Which dog did Gary define as having had a sense of humor?

5. What is the primary difference between people and animals?

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