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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How much did Paulsen earn picking potatoes?
(a) 5 cents a bushel.
(b) 7 cents a bushel.
(c) 10 cents a bushel.
(d) 3 cents a bushel.

2. How fast was the ship that Paulsen was on when he saw a plane ditch in the Pacific?
(a) 10 knots.
(b) 12 knots.
(c) 7 knots.
(d) 5 knots.

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

4. What year did Paulsen see a passenger plane ditch in the Pacific?
(a) 1946.
(b) 1948.
(c) 1947.
(d) 1948.

5. In Chapter 1, how many passengers were the plane that crashed east of Denver?
(a) 5.
(b) 4.
(c) 3.
(d) 2.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long should it have taken Paulsen to get to a ranch northeast of Colorado Springs?

2. How close did the moose come to Paulsen in Chapter 2?

3. What was Paulsen in when he encountered a moose after the incident with the moose and a truck in Chapter 2?

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

5. How far did Paulsen and a farmer have to walk after a moose damaged the truck they were in?

(see the answer key)

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