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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. What did Paulsen take to eat the first time he went hunting with his homemade bow?

2. What was the second recipe that Paulsen provided in Chapter 6?

3. What was the first recipe that Paulsen recorded in Chapter 6?

4. When Paulsen was 15 and shot his first buck with a bow, how far was he from town?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What was the one thing that Paulsen could not eat and keep down?

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

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

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

9. When did Paulsen start hitting game and targets with his homemade bow and arrows?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

A role model can be a positive influence in someone’s life. What were some role models in Paulsen’s life? Which of those role models had a positive influence and which had a negative influence in Paulsen’s life? Why did these role models have a positive or negative influence in Paulsen’s life?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

What moose attacks did Paulsen describe? What did those attacks reveal about the madness that seems to infect moose?

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