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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In Chapter 3, what was the mother doing when the deer struck the boy with his hooves?
(a) Fixing food.
(b) Getting water.
(c) Carrying things to the car.
(d) Taking a picture.

3. How many heart attack victims did Paulsen see in his first year volunteering in Chapter 1?
(a) At least a dozen.
(b) 9.
(c) 15.
(d) About two dozen.

4. How old was the man that Paulsen went to help at a ranch northeast of Colorado Springs?
(a) 72.
(b) About 40.
(c) Mid-60s.
(d) 68.

5. 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) 8 days.
(d) 11 days.

6. What was Paulsen wearing in Chapter 3 when he went to check on his dogs?
(a) Sweat pants.
(b) Flannel pajamas.
(c) Boxers.
(d) Underwear.

7. In Chapter 1, what was the nearest ambulance service from the town where Paulsen and his wife lived?
(a) 1000s of square miles.
(b) 800 miles.
(c) 500 miles.
(d) 100s of square miles.

8. What did a boy in Chapter 3 feed a young white-tailed buck?
(a) Chocolate.
(b) White mint.
(c) Celery.
(d) Carrot.

9. In Chapter 1, at what altitude was the plane flying in Hatchet?
(a) 5,000 feet.
(b) 12,000 feet.
(c) 10,000 feet.
(d) 7,000 feet.

10. When Paulsen and a companion ran into deerflies in Chapter 3, how far could Paulsen not see his companion?
(a) 9 feet.
(b) 14 feet.
(c) 12. feet.
(d) 7 feet.

11. Where had Paulsen spent time in the wilderness woods?
(a) Alaska and Canada.
(b) Michigan and Canada.
(c) Wisconsin, Michigan, and New York.
(d) Minnesota, Canada, and Alaska.

12. What did Brian discover kept mosquitoes away?
(a) Bear grease.
(b) Smoke.
(c) Deer skin.
(d) Mud.

13. In Chapter 3, how long did Paulsen and a companion plan to spend laying out a trapline?
(a) 3 days.
(b) 5 days.
(c) 8 days.
(d) 6 days.

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

15. How was Paulsen injured in the moose attack at the end of Chapter 2?
(a) Cracked rib and 2 broken back teeth.
(b) Broken ankle and ribs.
(c) Broken ribs and dislocated shoulder.
(d) Punctured lung and broken wrist.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened to the pilot in Hatchet?

2. In Chapter 1, how fast was a pilot going when he hit a dirt ridge east of Denver?

3. Where can a moose pick up a parasite that can cause madness?

4. In Chapter 2, what was Paulsen's job going to be at the time he had a second encounter with a moose?

5. What was driving Brian crazy in the excerpt from Hatchet at the beginning of Chapter 3?

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