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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why do the pups run for their shelter?
(a) Mowat starts making noise
(b) A black bear lumbers by
(c) A kestrel screams nearby
(d) A raven passes overhead

2. What is the name of Mike's dog that Mowat uses in his experiment?
(a) Kara
(b) Kooa
(c) Kaila
(d) Kona

3. What does Mowat find inside the wolves' den?
(a) George and Albert
(b) Angeline and a pup
(c) Nothing
(d) A group of foxes

4. Mowat confesses that he didn't believe Ootek's story until what happens?
(a) Ootek takes him on a trip to visit the site of the event
(b) Mike insists that the story was true and he was there
(c) He hears a similar story from a white naturalist
(d) Mowat sees the wolves he's observing do the same thing

5. What can happen if you ingest nematode worms?
(a) You will get diarrhea
(b) You will develop cysts
(c) You will choke to death
(d) You will vomit continuously

6. How old are female wolves before they start breeding?
(a) Three years
(b) Four years
(c) Fourteen months
(d) Two years

7. What time do the wolves appear with the herd?
(a) Mid-afternoon
(b) Just before sunset
(c) Shortly before noon
(d) A little after dawn

8. What is Farley Mowat doing when he sees the wolves in this chapter?
(a) Swimming
(b) Eating
(c) Shaving
(d) Sleeping

9. In Ootek's story, what happened to a litter of orphaned wolf cubs?
(a) They were sold to a white trapper
(b) They were adopted by another pair of wolves
(c) They died from starvation after two weeks
(d) They were taken in by Ootek and his dogs

10. From what direction does Ootek claim to hear wolf howls?
(a) East
(b) South
(c) North
(d) Southwest

11. What keeps George from reaching the female Husky?
(a) Albert fights him off
(b) He gets confused
(c) Mowat fires his gun
(d) Angeline trips him

12. What noise frightens Farley Mowat as he makes his last visit to the wolves' den?
(a) An airplane flying overhead
(b) Mike's dogs chasing a rabbit
(c) Ice cracking in the river
(d) A wolf howling very close by

13. What did Mowat cook for his guests?
(a) Roast duck with an apricot glaze
(b) Barbequed caribou and canned peas
(c) Fish balls in sweet-and-sour sauce
(d) Fried mice with a crème sauce

14. Why, according to Mowat, are the wolves taking a holiday?
(a) It's far too hot a day to go hunting
(b) They usually rest at least one day a week
(c) They are resting before migrating South
(d) They killed a caribou close to home

15. What sound does Angeline make when she recognizes the visiting wolves?
(a) A growl
(b) A bark
(c) A howl
(d) A whine

Short Answer Questions

1. How much is the bounty offered for dead wolves, according to Mowat?

2. What did Mowat believe the Eskimo family was trying to do to him?

3. What event does Mowat describe as a high point of the day?

4. What did Ootek later tell him they were doing?

5. Which governmental agency was asked to search for Farley Mowat?

(see the answer keys)

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