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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 stopped Paulsen from killing the bear?
(a) The knowledge that the bear had done nothing wrong.
(b) The knowledge that he would have to process all that meat.
(c) All of these.
(d) The dogs were too close.

2. Which dog did Gary define as having had a sense of humor?
(a) Cookie.
(b) Columbia.
(c) Obeah.
(d) Olaf.

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

4. What animal was Minnesota having a problem with?
(a) Beavers.
(b) Marmots.
(c) Rats.
(d) Moles.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What made the mean hen furious?

2. What did Olaf like to fight about?

3. What is the perfect temperature for running?

4. What didn't the grouse chicks know?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What excited Gary's dogs?

2. What had Gary believed before he was forty?

3. What did Paulsen not know about dog feed?

4. For what reason does Paulsen have predator problems?

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

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

7. What is an "honest dog"?

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

9. Why were people driven out of the house of Gary's neighbor?

10. How are northern coyotes like wolves?

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