| 1. | What did you like best? Least? |
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| 2. | What is the significance of the title? |
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| 3. | What did you learn about how a writer works from this book? |
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| 4. | Paulsen writes a great deal about hunting. Discuss his views on the morality of hunting and hunting using different weapons. Why does he dislike guns? |
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| 5. | Paulsen says that the two keys to surviving in the wilderness are what? |
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| 6. | What are some of the gross things that Paulsen talks about eating? Do maggots really make great butter? |
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| 7. | How is reading about the stories different than reading the stories themselves? How does nonfiction differ from fiction? |
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