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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 11, October, Frost on Scarlet Leaves.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When traveling in August, what food was suggested one could rely on obtaining by "living off the land" to supplement rations taken?
(a) All meat and fish.
(b) None.
(c) All meat, fish, fruits, and vegetation.
(d) Fruits, nuts, and some vegetation.

2. What was used as a measuring wheel to construct a rough map?
(a) A buggy wheel set between a sapling's forks.
(b) A barrel hoop set between a sapling's forks.
(c) A front wheel and fork of an adult bicycle.
(d) A wheel barrow minus the tub and rear support legs.

3. After owls have gulped their food down whole and it has digested, what was the next step for bones and fur?
(a) It was spit out similar to a cat fur ball.
(b) It was excreted in flight like other birds.
(c) It was spit out as paste to build nests.
(d) It was spit out in neat, rolled pellets.

4. Without a heavy pack, what was listed as the average speed one could hike on a good trail?
(a) From 2.5 to 3 miles per hour.
(b) From 1.5 to 2 miles per hour.
(c) From 3 to 3.5 miles per hour.
(d) From 2 to 2.5 miles per hour.

5. What was the term used when the early morning mist that hung over the lake was referred to?
(a) "Spiderweb."
(b) "Translucent silk."
(c) "Phantom fog."
(d) "Ghosts' breath."

Short Answer Questions

1. Jim stated he one day hoped to glue together thin strips of white holly and dark wood into a block to carve a what?

2. What was related to have been some of the fun when ice fishing?

3. Jim noted that Chief Tibeash eyed everything when on the trail and walked as quietly as what animal?

4. In April, in the marshy area near the spring, the initial purple and green hoods of what plant would show?

5. Why did the cold in the north country not feel as uncomfortable as that further south if the right clothes were worn?

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