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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2, January, Long Nights and Deep Snows.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. If one did not have a compass, what was suggested one could use?
(a) The wind and sun.
(b) The wind and clouds.
(c) The sun and rocks.
(d) The clouds and rocks.

2. Jim recalled one Thanksgiving he shared with Chief Tibeash and Hank where what was the only thing wrong?
(a) It was two weeks early.
(b) It was a month late.
(c) It was two weeks late.
(d) It was a week early.

3. How long was it from the time Jim initially happened upon Cache Lake until he first returned?
(a) Several years.
(b) A year.
(c) A week.
(d) A month.

4. Jim obtained the speeds for a wind gauge he built when he tested it in what manner?
(a) Against a wind gauge at a high school science lab.
(b) Against a wind gauge at a forest station.
(c) Against a car speedometer when held out the window.
(d) Against a wind gauge at an airport.

5. What mythological figure was January named after that had two faces so he could look ahead and behind simultaneously?
(a) Junos.
(b) Julian.
(c) Janus.
(d) Janes.

Short Answer Questions

1. Jim wrote about a young man that once blazed a trail on the side he came from, and might have been lost on his return if he had not done what?

2. Indians in the north country believed what had a spirit?

3. What was recommended as the first step in making one's initial pair of moccasins from moose hide?

4. Jim chose what site on Cache Lake for his cabin?

5. How did Hank arrive at Cache Lake?

(see the answer key)

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