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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. What type of branch did Paulsen say to choose to hold a cooking pot over the fire?
(a) Flexed.
(b) Straight.
(c) Round.
(d) Fork-shaped.

2. What was the first animal Paulsen killed with his homemade bow after practicing to get his aim right?
(a) Pheasant.
(b) Rabbit.
(c) Grouse.
(d) Duck.

3. Where did he buy his broadheads from in Chapter 4?
(a) Army surplus store.
(b) Hardware store.
(c) Grocery store.
(d) Lumber store.

4. In Chapter 4, what did Paulsen pay for broadheads?
(a) 8 cents.
(b) 15 cents.
(c) 5 cents.
(d) 10 cents.

5. After buying broadheads in Chapter 4, what type of shafts did Paulsen buy?
(a) Walnut.
(b) Cedar.
(c) Willow.
(d) Oak.

Short Answer Questions

1. About how old was the boy that offered Paulsen things to eat in an Alaskan village in Chapter 5?

2. During what season did Paulsen first go hunting with his homemade bow?

3. In Chapter 5, what did Paulsen say that he ate wrapped in dandelion greens because he was hungry?

4. What was the pull weight of Paulsen's Bear Cub bow in Chapter 4?

5. When spit cooking, what is the most important thing to do?

Short Essay Questions

1. What problems did Paulsen have when he shot a buck in a swamp?

2. Why could Paulsen not afford to buy his first bow?

3. How would native peoples eat intestines from animals they killed?

4. What did Paulsen say about being hungry and British sailors in the old days of sailing ships?

5. How did Paulsen work to learn how to start a fire with a hatchet and a rock?

6. Why did Paulsen choose three-bladed broadheads for his arrows?

7. What did Paulsen learn about hunger and eating?

8. What did Paulsen see a young boy about six eating at a village along the Bering Sea during his first Iditarod?

9. Where and how would Paulsen run his dogs in the forest in northern Minnesota?

10. What could be done with small dried bones?

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