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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the primary difference between people and animals?
(a) People have opposable thumbs.
(b) People use fire.
(c) People use tools.
(d) All of these.

2. What did this bird clutch in her talons when Gary's wife was doing the laundry?
(a) A pair of boxers.
(b) A pair of shorts.
(c) A bra.
(d) A pair of panties.

3. How long did Paulsen think the run was originally going to take him?
(a) Three to four hours.
(b) Two to four hours.
(c) Four to five hours.
(d) Five to six hours.

4. What did Gary begin training his dogs for?
(a) The Cannington dog sled race.
(b) The Iditarod in Alaska.
(c) The Yukon Quest in the Yukon Territory.
(d) The Caledonia Classic sled race.

5. What gets the dogs wound up?
(a) New trails.
(b) The smell of blood.
(c) New scents.
(d) Chasing game.

6. What mistake did Paulsen make?
(a) He threw a shoe at the bear.
(b) He threw a stick at the bear.
(c) He threw a tomato at the bear.
(d) He threw a rock at the bear.

7. What did Gary see on a river in Alaska?
(a) Snow forming from the water as it rushed against a rock.
(b) All of these.
(c) A fish, frozen into the water.
(d) A whirlpool had frozen into a cone.

8. What did Paulsen learn from that night?
(a) That he wanted to know everything about leading a team.
(b) Neither of these.
(c) That he wanted to know everything about sled dogs.
(d) Both of these.

9. How much did Paulsen's sled weigh that night?
(a) Close to five hundred pounds fully loaded.
(b) Close to four hundred pounds fully loaded.
(c) Five hundred pounds.
(d) Three hundred and fifty pounds.

10. What animal did Gary see defeat the wolves?
(a) A fox.
(b) A beaver.
(c) A squirrel.
(d) A cougar.

11. What did the dogs have?
(a) Both of these.
(b) Neither of these.
(c) Humor.
(d) Great old knowledge.

12. What is the perfect temperature for running?
(a) Fifteen below.
(b) Ten below.
(c) Twenty below.
(d) Thirty below.

13. Who got the first of the hen's wrath?
(a) Russel, their tom cat.
(b) A fox.
(c) Quincy, their terrier.
(d) Fred, their obese lab dog.

14. What animals did the bears leave alone?
(a) The chickens.
(b) All of these.
(c) The goats.
(d) The ducks.

15. What kind of lick was being given?
(a) A prey lick.
(b) A blood thirsty lick.
(c) None of these.
(d) A wound lick.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many miles had the team covered?

2. What stopped the wolves?

3. What kind of song did the dogs sing as the fire died?

4. What did Gary think about simply running the dogs for no reason?

5. Why didn't Gary cross the lake though it was frozen and would have saved him time?

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