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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What was the first animal Paulsen killed with his homemade bow after practicing to get his aim right?
(a) Pheasant.
(b) Duck.
(c) Grouse.
(d) Rabbit.
2. What type of bones do not have marrow?
(a) Rats.
(b) Alligator.
(c) Raccoon.
(d) Bird.
3. What type of cooking did Paulsen consider more of an accident than cooking?
(a) Pit cooking.
(b) Spit cooking.
(c) Plank cooking.
(d) Rock cooking.
4. At the beginning of Chapter 6, how did Paulsen say that a lot of people prepared a hot meal?
(a) Slow cooker.
(b) Skillet.
(c) Microwave.
(d) Grill.
5. In the spring and summer when there was no snow, what would Paulsen train his dogs with in Chapter 5?
(a) 3-wheeled training cart.
(b) Sled with wheels.
(c) 2-wheeled training cart.
(d) Pony cart.
6. How big was the snapping turtle that Paulsen's dogs ran over one day in Chapter 5?
(a) 35 pounds.
(b) About 40 pounds.
(c) 45 pounds.
(d) Around 30 pounds.
7. In Chapter 5, what was the second thing that a little boy in a village in Alaska offered Paulsen to eat?
(a) Blueberries.
(b) Ice cream.
(c) Salmonberries.
(d) Crisco.
8. How big was the buck that Paulsen took with a bow when he was 15?
(a) 230 pounds.
(b) About 225 pounds.
(c) Close to 200 pounds.
(d) 190 pounds.
9. From what animal would Native Americans eat the intestines?
(a) Buffalo.
(b) Deer.
(c) Bear.
(d) Elk.
10. How old was Paulsen when he made his first bow?
(a) 14.
(b) 12.
(c) 15.
(d) 13.
11. In Chapter 5, where did Paulsen say that during his first Iditarod he stopped at a village early in the day?
(a) Clarks Point.
(b) Arctic Sea.
(c) Beiring Sea.
(d) King Cove.
12. What was the second recipe that Paulsen provided in Chapter 6?
(a) Fish or Meat Stew.
(b) Dried meat.
(c) Porridge with berries.
(d) Trail mix.
13. What was the principal food for men in the British navy in the old days of sailing ships?
(a) Rice.
(b) Potatoes.
(c) Hardtack.
(d) Dried beans.
14. Who used the technique that Paulsen recommended for making a cooking pot?
(a) Cubans.
(b) Native Americans.
(c) Jamaicans.
(d) Haitians.
15. In Chapter 5, how big did Paulsen say that some of the snapping turtles were?
(a) 2 or more feet across.
(b) 1 1/2 feet or more across.
(c) 2 1/2 feet or more across.
(d) 3 feet or more across.
Short Answer Questions
1. What was the first thing that a little boy in a village in Alaska offered Paulsen to eat in Chapter 5?
2. During Paulsen's first hunt with his homemade bow, how many arrows did he shoot at a grouse and miss?
3. When Paulsen was 15, where was he when he shot a buck and it fell on him?
4. What did Paulsen say could be used to make a pot?
5. In Chapter 4, how many hours would Paulsen have had to work setting pins in a bowling alley to afford a $30 bow?
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