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

2. Where didn't Storm want to leave when he was retired?
(a) All of these.
(b) The kennel.
(c) The yard.
(d) The house.

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

4. When do cedar waxwings come?
(a) The first part of spring.
(b) The middle of spring.
(c) The first part of summer.
(d) The middle of summer.

5. On day seven, what is Paulsen offered that he turns down?
(a) A scotch.
(b) A soda.
(c) A beer.
(d) A whiskey.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why couldn't Paulsen touch the man?

2. What did the man put in the sled with Paulsen?

3. What kind of eyes did Storm have?

4. What did Paulsen see as if in a dream?

5. How heavy did Fred get?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does it not seem possible to accomplish and why?

2. What strange activity did the cedar waxwings engage in?

3. Why did Cookie knowingly take the team over an edge for?

4. What are the hills dotted with that Gary sees on day nine?

5. How cold had it been that week?

6. What does Gary say the dogs told him while they were in the gully?

7. What was it that Paulsen had feared? Which dog broke that fear and what did he do?

8. When did Storm pointedly drop the stick?

9. What did Paulsen eat while stuck in the deep cold?

10. What happens to the dogs when they get tangled up and turn inwards, and what was the risk created?

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