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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. Why are bears attracted to the burning paper?
(a) It smells like a garbage dump.
(b) There's sometimes food residue left on the paper.
(c) Neither of these.
(d) Both of these.

2. What do sled dogs not really know?
(a) Collars.
(b) Harnesses.
(c) All of these.
(d) Their own mortality.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What animal did Gary see defeat the wolves?

2. How many grouse eggs were there?

3. Whose blood would begin to teach Paulsen?

4. How was Storm the classic sled dog?

5. What did Gary call the games the dogs would play with these?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why didn't Paulsen kill the bear?

2. Why were people driven out of the house of Gary's neighbor?

3. What did Gary think he was doing when he picked up the grouse eggs?

4. What traits did Obeah possess that Paulsen thought made him a good lead dog?

5. How does Gary frequently feel while running dogs?

6. Why didn't Gary put the deer out of her misery?

7. What is the greatest paradox about understanding the woods?

8. What kind of personality did Olaf have and why was he liked in spite of it?

9. What would the grouse chicks do at first when mother called, and what happened when they didn't?

10. For what reason does Paulsen have predator problems?

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