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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 4, how many hours would Paulsen have had to work setting pins in a bowling alley to afford a $30 bow?

2. From what animal would Native Americans eat the intestines?

3. On Friday nights in Chapter 4, where did Paulsen work on Friday nights?

4. What did Paulsen say most people considered it if they had to actually cook a meal?

5. Where did Paulsen say that he got his first bow-killed deer in Chapter 4?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Where did Paulsen get the feathers for his first bow, and what considerations did he have to make when getting feathers?

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

4. What do most people think it means to rough it?

5. 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?

6. What was the key to cooking meat on a spit?

7. What did Paulsen learn about hunger and eating?

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

9. How did Paulsen describe his first experience hunting with his homemade bow and arrows?

10. Why did Paulsen change his mind about eating the guts of animals?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Paulsen saw a boy killed in a state park. How was a boy killed in a state park? What sign was near the boy’s body after he died? What was ironic about the attack?

Essay Topic 3

Paulsen once said that “hunger makes the best sauce” (118). What did he mean by that phrase? How could hunger be a motivator?

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