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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. At what point is there a mandatory twenty-four hour layover?

2. What did the man with the wolf want?

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

4. When do cedar waxwings come?

5. How long did the first run take?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is there chaos in the first night?

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

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

4. Why did the stump glow, did Paulsen find out later?

5. How does it feel, on day three, for Gary running the dogs?

6. How cold had it been that week?

7. What is the difference with hallucinations during the race?

8. What had Paulsen never seen in a deer as he did that day on the lake alone?

9. When does Gary's friend appear again, and what does he do?

10. What did the 'person' who arrived to help Paulsen look like?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the domestication of animals to serve a purpose for humanity. Suggest purposes for each domesticated animal, and how it might have been tamed in the first place. How have these needs changed throughout history, and to what major purpose to most domesticated animals serve today? What are some notable exceptions to this? Explain.

Essay Topic 2

Storm and Paulsen possess a close relationship, to the point where he is nearly a pet as opposed to a working dog. Compare the differences between the way Paulsen discusses his other dogs and the way he refers to Storm. What other dog comes close, and how do they?

Essay Topic 3

Sometimes Paulsen explains that he cannot explain situations, and doubts that he even believes them himself, having lived through them. Research at least three unbelievable tales that actually turned out to be true, and utilize them as justification that Paulsen's experiences actually happened to him, despite their seeming unreal nature.

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