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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9, August, Harvest of the Wilderness.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The man who tamed the moose to pull him around came into town on Saturday nights and tied up, then smoked what as people stared?
(a) Cigarettes.
(b) Pipe tobacco.
(c) Cornsilk.
(d) Cigars.

2. What was recommended about magnetizing needles?
(a) Do large ones north-south, small ones south-north.
(b) Always magnetize but the direction did not matter.
(c) Always do all of them in the same direction.
(d) Do small ones north-south, large ones south-north.

3. Some brilliant colors of male birds in June change to what by winter?
(a) They do not even appear like the same bird.
(b) They diminish somewhat in their colors.
(c) They remain the same once they are fully grown.
(d) They become even more intense in splendor.

4. How many steps were shown in how to heft a heavy pack onto one's back?
(a) 4.
(b) 1.
(c) 2.
(d) 3.

5. What board that was free of knots and had a straight grain was said to have been the right stock to make a light paddle from?
(a) Ash.
(b) Oak.
(c) Spruce.
(d) Elm.

Short Answer Questions

1. Jim related the story of a man who fed, tamed, and finally broke to harness a calf bull moose that pulled his what?

2. It was recommended that any bacon taken was lean for what reason?

3. Where was it noted the lightning bugs did not fly so much?

4. What birds were seen as they first flew up and struck weed tops, and then settled and fed on seeds that fell in the snow?

5. Jim recommended which tool as the most valuable in the woods?

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