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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. After buying broadheads in Chapter 4, what type of shafts did Paulsen buy?
2. How long did it take Paulsen spend looking around a lake in the north woods for a rock that would give off sparks when struck with a hatchet?
3. What would you need to seal a handmade pot for cooking?
4. What creatrue did Paulsen say in Chapter 5 he could have studied and learned a whole life's lesson?
5. What type of bones do not have marrow?
Short Essay Questions
1. What was the one thing that Paulsen could not eat and keep down?
2. Why did Paulsen's dogs take off at a dead run when he stopped at a village along the Bering Sea while he was running his first Iditarod?
3. How did Paulsen use plank cooking?
4. How did Paulsen say that a person could make a pot for cooking when in the wilderness?
5. How did Paulsen prepare fish and game for making a stew?
6. What did Paulsen say about the first game he shot with a rifle?
7. How did Paulsen recommend heating water?
8. How did Paulsen describe his first experience hunting with his homemade bow and arrows?
9. What could be done with small dried bones?
10. What did Paulsen say about trapping in Chapter 4?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Paulsen once worked as a volunteer for an ambulance service. Why was Paulsen unable to save or help very many people? What did the job reveal about futility?
Essay Topic 2
Why did Paulsen write Guts?
Essay Topic 3
Paulsen was attacked by a moose when he was running his dogs in the dark. What was the moose attack like? Why did Paulsen get so angry at the moose? How did Paulsen’s anger simmer for years? Would Paulsen have sought revenge for the attack if he could have?
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