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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many mints did the buck eat in Chapter 3?
(a) 4 or 5.
(b) 6.
(c) 2.
(d) 3 or 4.

2. When Paulsen was in the desert in Chapter 6, what was the only thing he had to eat for a day and a half?
(a) A iguana.
(b) A turtle.
(c) Beetles.
(d) 2 lizards.

3. When Paulsen stopped at a village during his first Iditarod, what did his dogs smell that made them take off at a run?
(a) Dead polar bear.
(b) Dead seal.
(c) Dead walrus.
(d) Dead fish.

4. Where was Paulsen when he ran out to check on his dogs in Chapter 3 and ran into mosquitoes?
(a) Minnesota.
(b) Colorado.
(c) Wisconsin.
(d) Alaska.

5. In Chapter 2, when Paulsen was traveling to Alaska with his dogs, what did he use to go after a moose?
(a) Axe.
(b) Pistol.
(c) Rifle.
(d) Tree branch.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 4, how many hours would Paulsen have had to work setting pins in a bowling alley to afford a $30 bow?

2. When it got dark the night Paulsen shot his first buck with a bow when he was 15, where did he set up camp?

3. What did Paulsen weigh when he was 15?

4. Where did Paulsen say that grouse liked to hide?

5. In Chapter 3, what was the mother doing when the deer struck the boy with his hooves?

(see the answer key)

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