The Dogs Could Teach Me By Gary Paulsen
Explore key lessons in 'The Dogs Could Teach Me' by Gary Paulsen, where personal anecdotes reveal deep insights about animal wisdom and human-animal relationships. This quiz assesses understanding of the narrative and the profound lessons about respect and knowledge animals offer.
- 1.
The discovery of Columbia’s sense of humor causes Paulsen to
- A.
Give the dog an extra bone
- B.
Choose Columbia as his lead dog
- C.
Stop trapping and killing animals
- D.
Separate Columbia from the other dogs
Correct Answer
C. Stop trapping and killing animals -
- 2.
Paulsen keeps his trap line because
- A.
He wants to keep running the dogs and learning from them
- B.
He needs the pelts and meat from the beaver and muskrat
- C.
He’s afraid his neighbors will laugh at him if he gives it up
- D.
He doesn’t have anything else to occupy his time
Correct Answer
A. He wants to keep running the dogs and learning from them -
- 3.
When Paulsen falls out of the sled and is unable to walk,he expects the dogs to
- A.
Stay where they are
- B.
Go for help
- C.
Keep going and leave him behind
- D.
Come down the bank to where he is
Correct Answer
C. Keep going and leave him behind -
- 4.
When the dogs come back to where Paulsen has fallen,he
- A.
Throws rocks at them to make them leave
- B.
Is surprised and pleased
- C.
Becomes angry and yells at them
- D.
Cries because he is so happy
Correct Answer
B. Is surprised and pleased -
- 5.
What lesson does Paulsen learn from his dogs’behavior after his accident?
- A.
They are not as intelligent as he had thought.
- B.
They have knowledge that people have lost.
- C.
They are dumb but extremely loyal.
- D.
They are better at surviving the cold than he is.
Correct Answer
B. They have knowledge that people have lost. -
- 6.
What is Paulsen’s point of view regarding animals’ abilities?
- A.
He recognizes that animals are wise and have many of the same traits that humans have .
- B.
He thinks animals are dumb beasts.
- C.
He thinks his dogs are very smart, but they are unique in this way.
- D.
He recognizes that he got ve ry lucky when his dogs came back to where he had fallen.
Correct Answer
A. He recognizes that animals are wise and have many of the same traits that humans have . -
- 7.
How does Paulsen feel about his dogs?
- A.
He sees them as a fun diversion.
- B.
He relies on them to help him make a living.
- C.
He loves them and sees them as unique individuals.
- D.
He is indifferent toward them.
Correct Answer
C. He loves them and sees them as unique individuals. -
- 8.
“The Dogs Could Teach Me”is told from the point of view of
- A.
Gary Paulsen
- B.
Columbia
- C.
A fictional narrator
- D.
Diana Nyad
Correct Answer
A. Gary Paulsen -
- 9.
Which sentence below is not written in the first-person point of view?
- A.
I screamed when my knee hit the ice.
- B.
By the time we made it home,I was nearly frozen.
- C.
The dogs charged through a snowdrift to reach him.
- D.
Columbia’s joke on Olaf made me laugh.
Correct Answer
C. The dogs charged through a snowdrift to reach him. -
- 10.
Add commas where needed in the following sentences.If a sentence is already correct,write C at the end of the sentence.The loud frisky dogs seemed happy to pull the sled.
Correct Answer
The loud, frisky dogs seemed happy to pull the sled. - 11.
Add commas where needed in the following sentences.If a sentence is already correct,write C at the end of the sentence. There is a beautiful Siberian husky in the pen.
Correct Answer
C - 12.
He was greeted by cold brittle snow when he woke.
Correct Answer
He was greeted by cold, brittle snow when he woke up. - 13.
The man’s painful throbbing knee made him walk very slowly.
Correct Answer
The man’s painful, throbbing knee made him walk very slowly. - 14.
The regal blue-eyed dog waited at the gate.
Correct Answer
The regal, blue-eyed dog waited at the gate. - 15.
Write a paragraph describing how or why Gary Paulsen enjoys the company of his dogs.Support your response with at least two examples from “The Dogs Could Teach Me.”
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