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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 leaves no mysteries?

2. Where is the start of the Iditarod?

3. What did Paulsen think was lovely?

4. Why couldn't Paulsen touch the man?

5. What had driven the deer nearly mad with rage?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What will Gary always blame himself for?

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

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

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

9. Why did Cookie stop before the arch?

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

Essay Topic 2

Several times, Paulsen discusses an ancient connection with another part of humanity while he is running the dogs. Discuss whether or not this is a valid consideration and thought process, through the argument that human beings have further instincts as ingrained as the fight or flight instinct.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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