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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Gary begin training his dogs for?

2. What didn't the grouse chicks know?

3. What did the male wolf do?

4. What was the difference between Columbia and Olaf?

5. What stopped Paulsen from killing the bear?

Short Essay Questions

1. What kinds of preparations need to be done before Paulsen can go to sleep?

2. What did Duberry do?

3. What happens in serious cold?

4. What does Gary define as "Bone Wars"?

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

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

7. What had Gary believed before he was forty?

8. What would the grouse chicks do at first when mother called, and what happened when they didn't?

9. How did Gary know he was in trouble?

10. Why do young dogs need to be taken on training runs?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Paulsen discusses how one of his lead dogs was more often than not a fighter and how he initially thought this was a quality of all sled dogs. Although he admits he was wrong, for that situation, he offers no explanation as to how he found out it was a wrong insight. Provide an explanation as to what happened to convince him that this was an undesirable characteristic.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss Paulsen's experience on the Iditarod trail. Compare them to his experiences on his trail at home. What changes in the over all tone of the Run section? Discuss at least three different ways the second section contrasts to the first.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss how Paulsen's view of hunting changed, and the stimuli for this change. How does this affect his life later on? Does it make his life easier or more difficult, and how?

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