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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was strange about the light that Paulsen saw?
(a) It was glowing green.
(b) It seemed to pulse and ebb.
(c) All of these.
(d) It was low to the ground, and wide.

2. What joke did Storm play on the dog that pulled next to him?
(a) Both of these.
(b) He would lick their ear.
(c) Neither of these.
(d) He would blow in their ear.

3. On day eight, what does Paulsen compare crossing the interior of Alaska by dog team to?
(a) Being on the moon.
(b) Being on mars.
(c) Being in the desert.
(d) None of these.

4. What didn't Paulsen see the man do?
(a) Put a flask of rum in his sled.
(b) Put three sodas in his sled.
(c) Put a flask of whiskey in his sled.
(d) Put two sodas in his sled.

5. What causes the warm gentle feeling that Paulsen gets at the checkpoint on day eleven?
(a) All of these.
(b) Being welcomed by the ghosts of the graveyard.
(c) Being surrounded by his dogs.
(d) Being welcomed by total strangers.

6. What ate the chipmunk?
(a) A red squirrel.
(b) A snake.
(c) A mouse.
(d) A rat.

7. On day seven, what does Wilson do?
(a) Fall over.
(b) Run on three legs and suck a foot.
(c) Run and try and lick his feet.
(d) Is sick.

8. What did Paulsen note about the man's eyes?
(a) They were blue.
(b) They were vacant.
(c) They were cold.
(d) They were gentle.

9. What did Paulsen end up eating to maintain energy?
(a) Both of these.
(b) Sticks of butter.
(c) Powdered protein.
(d) Neither of these.

10. What did the man with the wolf want?
(a) Neither of these.
(b) To breed her to some big dogs.
(c) To kill Paulsen's team.
(d) Both of these.

11. What needs do the dogs have for the races?
(a) They must be fed a snack every hour or so.
(b) Their shoulders must be rubbed to shake up lactic acid buildup.
(c) All of these.
(d) Their feet must be rubbed and massaged with ointment, booties must be applied when necessary.

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

13. What do highbush cranberries taste like, according to Paulsen's grandmother?
(a) Old shoes.
(b) Old dishrags.
(c) Old socks.
(d) Old feet.

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

15. Which dog shreds their harness?
(a) Cookie.
(b) Storm.
(c) Blue.
(d) Columbia.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the same person do later?

2. What behavioral changes did Fred go through?

3. Where didn't Storm want to leave when he was retired?

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

5. What kind of eyes did Storm have?

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