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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 2, how tall was the moose that Paulsen saw?

2. In Chapter 3, how many dogs were in Paulsen's kennel?

3. In Chapter 3, how often were Paulsen's dogs coated with mosquito repellent?

4. Where does Brian land in Hatchet?

5. What type of plane did Paulsen see crash when he was on a ship headed to the Philippines?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 2, what were some jobs that Paulsen had that enabled him to buy clothing and supplies for school?

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

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

4. What crash did Paulsen see when he was seven?

5. Where was Paulsen when he saw a deer kill a boy, and how did he describe the attack?

6. Which mosquitoes bite, and how many people can one mosquito infect?

7. Why did Paulsen believe that northern mosquitoes are particularly vicious?

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

9. What does Paulsen remember being attacked by, and what was the worst in Chapter 2?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Paulsen provides some recipes and ways to cook in the wilderness. What did Paulsen learn about cooking in the wild? Why was cooking such a joy in the wild?

Essay Topic 2

Genre is a means of classifying a piece of literature. What is the genre of Guts and why?

Essay Topic 3

Point of view determines what readers know about events and characters. What is the point of the view of the book? How does the point of view influence what readers know about events and people?

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