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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3, February, The Stars and the Silence.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How was Chief Tibeash's hunting sled curved up in the front?
(a) It was laid upside down over a log with a heavy rock on the the front..
(b) It was steamed slowly over a fire in wet cloth or moss.
(c) It was wedged in-between a tree fork and tied back for pressure.
(d) It was soaked on end in about 4-6 inches of cold water.

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

4. Wolves were heard at Cache Lake in February, but not as much as at what other location?
(a) Snow Goose Lake.
(b) Shining Tree Lake.
(c) Thunder Lake.
(d) Knothole Lake.

5. What is viewed "only in terms of useless effort for which there is nothing to show" by Indians?
(a) Geologic science.
(b) Poetry.
(c) Tobacco smoking.
(d) Time.

Short Answer Questions

1. Jim recalled one Thanksgiving he shared with Chief Tibeash and Hank where what was the only thing wrong?

2. How long was it from the time Jim initially happened upon Cache Lake until he first returned?

3. Mal de raquette was another term for what?

4. The scent of what animals troubled deer and moose the most?

5. For sleeping in the open during winter, it was stated there was nothing to equal what kind of a robe?

(see the answer key)

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