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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long after the man from the ranch northeast of Colorado Springs died, did Paulsen witness an airplane crash?
(a) 2 weeks.
(b) 1 week.
(c) 11 days.
(d) 8 days.

2. When Paulsen first saw the moose, how fast did he think it was traveling?
(a) 40 or 50 miles an hour.
(b) 20 or 30 miles an hour.
(c) 50 or 60 miles an hour.
(d) 60 or 70 miles an hour.

3. How many major highways were near the town where Paulsen and his wife lived in Chapter 1?
(a) 2.
(b) 3.
(c) 1.
(d) 4.

4. What season was it when Paulsen first ran into a moose?
(a) Summer.
(b) Spring.
(c) Winter.
(d) Fall.

5. In Chapter 2, what was Paulsen's job going to be at the time he had a second encounter with a moose?
(a) Weeding.
(b) Haying.
(c) Plowing.
(d) Picking up rocks.

Short Answer Questions

1. What job did Paulsen have that he wrote during downtimes?

2. When Paulsen ran his second Ititarod race, how long did the runners have to wait for dog food to be dropped to them?

3. How many dogs were injured in the incident with the moose when Paulsen was driving his dogs to Alaska in Chapter 2?

4. What happened to the pilot in Hatchet?

5. In Chapter 2, besides Minnesota and Canada, where else did Paulsen remember spending time?

(see the answer key)

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