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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Gary catch his knee on?
(a) A sharp snag.
(b) A rock.
(c) A tree.
(d) A chunk of ice.

2. What did Gary call the games the dogs would play with these?
(a) A Race to the Dead.
(b) Bone Wars.
(c) A Squeek Off.
(d) None of these.

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

4. What made the mean hen furious?
(a) To lose control of her chicks.
(b) To have any of her brood near anything else.
(c) All of these.
(d) To be thwarted by humans.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When do people still tiptoe?

2. What was the above all thing about the animal?

3. What do sled dogs not really know?

4. What started Gary's desire to learn more about the woods?

5. Why are bears attracted to the burning paper?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does 'mother love' take on a different meaning with a Banty hen?

2. How does Gary frequently feel while running dogs?

3. How did Gary know he was in trouble?

4. What excited Gary's dogs?

5. Why didn't Gary put the deer out of her misery?

6. What happened to Russel and Quincy that summer?

7. What kinds of time can dogs make on a run?

8. What mistake does Paulsen never hope to make again and why?

9. Why didn't Paulsen kill the bear?

10. What is an "honest dog"?

(see the answer keys)

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