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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 isn't there in this place?

2. How many paper bowls of chili did Paulsen eat?

3. Where didn't Storm want to leave when he was retired?

4. What did the man put in the sled with Paulsen?

5. How many times did Fred attack the electric fence wire?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did the stump glow, did Paulsen find out later?

2. How were the dogs strange with Gary?

3. What does it not seem possible to accomplish and why?

4. When does Gary's friend appear again, and what does he do?

5. What was Gary worried about in day four?

6. What was strange about the clearing that Paulsen came across?

7. What tradition did Storm start, and what did it come to mean?

8. What happened to him as a result?

9. On day thirteen, what does Paulsen begin to see everywhere?

10. What had Paulsen never seen in a deer as he did that day on the lake alone?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss Paulsen's lack of desire in explaining why he was calling out "Willy?" in the middle of the night. What did he not wish to divulge and why? What did he risk as a result, and how would this influence other people's perspective of him? Is this important? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

The does play an interesting role, and often show up to illustrate something strange. Discuss the roles of the does in the book, and what literary device they may represent for their appearance in his novel.

Essay Topic 3

Storm and Paulsen possess a close relationship, to the point where he is nearly a pet as opposed to a working dog. Compare the differences between the way Paulsen discusses his other dogs and the way he refers to Storm. What other dog comes close, and how do they?

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