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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. How many eggs of one of these chickens does it take to make an omelet?
(a) About five.
(b) About twenty.
(c) About three.
(d) About thirty.

2. What animals did the bears leave alone?
(a) The chickens.
(b) All of these.
(c) The ducks.
(d) The goats.

3. What mistake did Paulsen make?
(a) He threw a tomato at the bear.
(b) He threw a stick at the bear.
(c) He threw a shoe at the bear.
(d) He threw a rock at the bear.

4. What did Gary think the wolves were called?
(a) None of these.
(b) Arctic wolves.
(c) Timber wolves.
(d) Northern coyotes.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Gary see on a river in Alaska?

2. What animal was Minnesota having a problem with?

3. What did Gary catch his knee on?

4. What happened when Storm was tied to the sled, and the sled started to move?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How are northern coyotes like wolves?

2. What had Gary believed before he was forty?

3. What happens in serious cold?

4. What is an "honest dog"?

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

6. What situation occurred to make Paulsen do something he didn't want to do?

7. What did Paulsen not know about dog feed?

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

9. Why was it a gamble when the deer had come into the camp?

10. What is the greatest paradox about understanding the woods?

(see the answer keys)

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