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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 Paulsen end up eating to maintain energy?

2. What did Gary think he was hallucinating, but wasn't?

3. What does Paulsen call while mushing?

4. What things disappeared around Storm?

5. What did Gary learn from challenging his lead dog's sense of direction?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How cold had it been that week?

3. What was Gary worried about in day four?

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

5. What things didn't make sense about where the deer was?

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

7. Why is Gary unworried about the rumors he hears on the mandatory twenty-four hour layover?

8. What does Gary hear that breaks him of the spell that took him not to finish the Run?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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 3

Paulsen's understanding of his dogs are very controversial due to the nature of his understanding, and the direct comparisons he makes between his dogs and human-like behavior. Decide whether pets are capable of human like emotions or are merely responding with physical stimuli that humans project their emotions upon and support your argument.

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