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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. During Paulsen's first hunt with his homemade bow, how many arrows did he shoot at a grouse and miss?
2. What was the second recipe that Paulsen provided in Chapter 6?
3. What types of stone did Paulsen recommend to use to heat a cooking pot over a fire?
4. How old was the arrowhead that Paulsen said he got for Christmas in Chapter 4?
5. What time did Paulsen get home when he was 15 and had to drag his first bow-killed buck home?
Short Essay Questions
1. How did Paulsen prepare fish and game for making a stew?
2. How did Paulsen describe his first experience hunting with his homemade bow and arrows?
3. Why did Paulsen stop using guns to hunt?
4. What did Paulsen say about trapping in Chapter 4?
5. How did an Apache show Paulsen how to catch rabbits, and what did Paulsen catch one time when he was following the Apache's instructions?
6. When did Paulsen start hitting game and targets with his homemade bow and arrows?
7. What problems did Paulsen have when he shot a buck in a swamp?
8. Where and how would Paulsen run his dogs in the forest in northern Minnesota?
9. What did Paulsen do with the buck he shot when he was 15 when he got home?
10. What did Paulsen see a young boy about six eating at a village along the Bering Sea during his first Iditarod?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Genre is a means of classifying a piece of literature. What is the genre of Guts and why?
Essay Topic 2
Paulsen found the chickadee to be an amazing creature. Why was Paulsen fascinated by the chickadee? What lessons did he think could be learned from the chickadee?
Essay Topic 3
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?
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