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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Ootek later tell him they were doing?
(a) Trying to hunt caribou
(b) Trying to scare him
(c) Trying to save him
(d) Trying to clothe him

2. What do the male caribou do when the wolves appear?
(a) Charge them
(b) Bellow loudly
(c) Nothing
(d) Run at them

3. What does Albert try hunting while Mowat watches?
(a) Sculpin
(b) Mice
(c) Squirrels
(d) Ducks

4. What were the puppies playing with?
(a) A live mouse
(b) An old log
(c) A caribou bone
(d) Uncle Albert

5. 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) Mowat sees the wolves he's observing do the same thing
(c) He hears a similar story from a white naturalist
(d) Mike insists that the story was true and he was there

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why do the pups run for their shelter?

3. Why, according to Mowat, are the wolves taking a holiday?

4. How old are female wolves before they start breeding?

5. What keeps George from reaching the female Husky?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do wolves maintain population control?

2. What does Mowat learn from his encounter in the the wolves' den?

3. Explain Ootek's statement that there are no orphans among the wolves.

4. How do Huskies differ from wolves?

5. What does Farley Mowat do when he sees the pack of wolves in this chapter?

6. Why did Ootek leave the tent after hearing the wolves in the distance?

7. What, according to Mike, did Ootek learn from the wolf howls about caribou?

8. Why does Ootek reject the idea of a human child being raised by wolves?

9. How does the wolf keep the caribou herd strong?

10. What was the response to Mowat's reporting of the caribou slaughter by human hunters?

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