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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. What rumor tears though the camp?

3. What did Paulsen think was lovely?

4. On day seven, what does Wilson do?

5. What does Gary do to get the moose to move?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What did this person do for Paulsen?

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

6. When did Storm pointedly drop the stick?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss dog sledding in the media and popular culture. What seems to be the social attitude towards dog sledding? How does this vary by the environment in which these people reside?

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 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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