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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Gary like most about the woodstove?
(a) The space it takes up.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Coming in from the cold and warming his hands.
(d) The smell.

2. What three animals caused the sled team to go awry?
(a) A squirrel, a grouse, and a deer.
(b) A cow, a squirrel and a fox.
(c) A squirrel, a mole and a marmot.
(d) A cow, a squirrel and a grouse.

3. What did Gary give the dogs to help ease their boredom?
(a) Toys.
(b) All of these.
(c) Bones.
(d) Small sleds to pull.

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

5. How cold was it when Paulsen woke to a living blanket?
(a) Around 40 below zero.
(b) Around 20 below zero.
(c) Around 10 below zero.
(d) Around 30-35 below zero.

6. What was the lead dog's name?
(a) Buck.
(b) Cent.
(c) Dollar.
(d) Ranger.

7. What did Gary begin training his dogs for?
(a) The Iditarod in Alaska.
(b) The Yukon Quest in the Yukon Territory.
(c) The Caledonia Classic sled race.
(d) The Cannington dog sled race.

8. Why was it impossible to not be near this hen's brood?
(a) Both of these.
(b) They were scattered across the yard.
(c) There were many of them.
(d) Neither of these.

9. Why does Paulsen have problems with wildlife?
(a) The smell of cooking attracts animals.
(b) The smell of meat is always near the kennel due to the dogs diet.
(c) All of these.
(d) The smell of camp attracts animals.

10. What did Paulsen do that he didn't want to do, but that Storm would give him no choice?
(a) Tied Storm back to the line to pull.
(b) Tied Storm to the sled.
(c) Both of these.
(d) Neither of these.

11. What was the dog that Paulsen hooked up to the lead?
(a) Ohbea.
(b) Moahb.
(c) Ohbee.
(d) Obeah.

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

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

14. Who did Gary see looking over the top of the waterfall at him?
(a) Olaf.
(b) Obeah.
(c) Columbia.
(d) Cookie.

15. What did Gary see on a river in Alaska?
(a) All of these.
(b) A whirlpool had frozen into a cone.
(c) Snow forming from the water as it rushed against a rock.
(d) A fish, frozen into the water.

Short Answer Questions

1. What didn't the grouse chicks know?

2. What did the dogs have?

3. What was the little mean hen's name?

4. How long did it take the dogs to understand fire?

5. What animals did the bears leave alone?

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