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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Which dog attempted to kill Yogi?
(a) Obeah.
(b) Clarence.
(c) Owen.
(d) Cookie.
2. What behavioral changes did Fred go through?
(a) He quit guarding the house and alerting people to the presence of strangers.
(b) All of these.
(c) He stopped coming when Gary called.
(d) He lost his temper and became easily irritable.
3. What did Paulsen note about the man's eyes?
(a) They were gentle.
(b) They were cold.
(c) They were vacant.
(d) They were blue.
4. Why is it hard to catch a grouse unaware?
(a) They set up an alarm system through the snow of dried sticks.
(b) All of these.
(c) They are always listening carefully.
(d) They explode out of the snow when they hear something coming.
5. What was the glowing object?
(a) A lamp.
(b) A barrel.
(c) A stump.
(d) None of these.
6. What ate the chipmunk?
(a) A rat.
(b) A red squirrel.
(c) A mouse.
(d) A snake.
7. What things disappeared around Storm?
(a) A roll of tape.
(b) A cloth glove liner.
(c) All of these.
(d) A ladle.
8. What did the same person do later?
(a) Kept Paulsen from wandering away from his sled.
(b) Helped the lead dog out of a drift.
(c) Helped Paulsen get warm by helping him build a fire.
(d) Helped lead the lead dog to civilization.
9. What is phony about the start of the race?
(a) Neither of these.
(b) The race starts later than it is publicized.
(c) The race doesn't actually start in Anchorage, it's a publicity stunt.
(d) Both of these.
10. How many cedar waxwings would alight on a branch?
(a) No more than 9.
(b) No more than 8.
(c) No more than 5-8.
(d) No more than 8-10.
11. What did Paulsen begin to think of, against his will?
(a) Dark nights and snakes under the bed.
(b) All of these things.
(c) Sounds he didn't know and bodies he had found
(d) Ghosts and goblins.
12. What did Paulsen mix with the Boyardee to make a stew?
(a) An onion, carrot and potato.
(b) Two small potatoes.
(c) Two small carrots.
(d) Two small pieces of the dogs fat.
13. The weather never rose above what temperature?
(a) Thirty below.
(b) Forty below.
(c) Ten below.
(d) Twenty below.
14. Why is 'scratching' spoken of as a disease?
(a) Racers who scratch are considered amateurs.
(b) The dogs must be shipped back to where they came from.
(c) It is costly to go home.
(d) Everyone wants to finish.
15. What did the man with the wolf want?
(a) To kill Paulsen's team.
(b) Neither of these.
(c) Both of these.
(d) To breed her to some big dogs.
Short Answer Questions
1. Who helped Paulsen out of the sled?
2. What were mushers warned about that Gary approaches on day six?
3. What mountain range must the team cross?
4. How does Gary describe the experience of sledding the Iditarod in day three?
5. What do highbush cranberries taste like, according to Paulsen's grandmother?
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