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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. On day nine, what landed beside Paulsen and his team?

2. What is historically a highway through Alaska?

3. What kind of eyes did Storm have?

4. What is the command for the team to go right?

5. How old approximately, was the fawn?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was strange about the clearing that Paulsen came across?

2. On day thirteen, what does Paulsen begin to see everywhere?

3. What did this person do for Paulsen?

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

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

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

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

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

9. How cold had it been that week?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the qualities that make a good sled dog. How are these qualities that Paulsen prefers and talks about more often than the dogs that don't possess these qualities? What are the least desirable qualities in a sled dog?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss both sides of the argument of dog sledding as a sport. What things are said, by both sides in regards to the treatment of the dogs? Decide which side of the argument you believe in and support it with three different arguments.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss how the dogs are a constant source of learning for Paulsen, as well as what they have taught him.

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