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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How far was a ranch that Paulsen went to from Colorado Springs?
(a) About 70 miles.
(b) 56 miles.
(c) 45 miles.
(d) Some 60 miles.

2. Where can a moose pick up a parasite that can cause madness?
(a) Eating tree bark.
(b) Eating dead game.
(c) Eating chokeberries.
(d) Eating in the water.

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

4. When Paulsen and a friend drove his dogs from Minnesota to Alaska, how many days did they drive on the Alaska Highway?
(a) 7.
(b) 10.
(c) 8.
(d) 9.

5. What type of plane did Paulsen see crash when he was on a ship headed to the Philippines?
(a) C-54.
(b) Tu-95.
(c) Tu-114.
(d) DC-4.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many heart attack victims did Paulsen see in his first year volunteering in Chapter 1?

2. How have small animals died from mosquitoes?

3. How long did Paulsen work on the man from a ranch northeast of Colorado Springs?

4. When Paulsen reached the scene of an airplane crash in Chapter 1, what was the only recognizable piece of the plane?

5. In Chapter 2, when Paulsen was traveling to Alaska with his dogs, what did he use to go after a moose?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Paulsen remember about game wardens and hunting season in Chapter 2?

2. In Chapter 2, what did Paulsen remember about a canoe being attacked by a moose?

3. What did Paulsen believe was the solution to all the dangers in the wilderness?

4. What did Paulsen remember seeing after the deer killed a boy?

5. What was the first near crash Paulsen had in Chapter 1 after running his first Iditarod?

6. What happened in the excerpt from Hatchet at the beginning of Chapter 1?

7. What might cause madness in moose?

8. Who was Libby Riddles and how did she win the Iditarod?

9. Where did Paulsen live, and what was the ambulance service like when he became a volunteer ambulance driver?

10. What had Paulsen seen and heard about the viciousness of mosquitoes?

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