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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. Where was it noted the lightning bugs did not fly so much?
(a) Along the shoreline.
(b) In the open places.
(c) Over the open water.
(d) Over rocky areas.

2. What did the term "cache" mean?
(a) A hidden storage place for provisions.
(b) A canoe made from tree branches, bark, and gum.
(c) A semi-permanent encampment.
(d) A magnetized piece of metal serving as a compass.

3. A cold room in the ground was built of double board walls separated by 2"x4" uprights, and the space between filled with what substance?
(a) Sand.
(b) Sawdust.
(c) Wood chips.
(d) Pine cones.

4. Jim noted that he generally cached his small canoe where?
(a) On Shining Tree Lake.
(b) On Cache Lake.
(c) On Beaver Tail Lake.
(d) On Snow Goose Lake.

5. The Indians in the north country referred to January as Kushapawasticanum o Pesim which meant what?
(a) The Time of Sleeping Bear.
(b) The Moon of Great Cold.
(c) The Lake of No Canoe.
(d) The Sky of Many Stars.

Short Answer Questions

1. The partridges were said to make a thumping sound that escalated increasingly from a slow drumming to a strange noise similar to what?

2. Jim enjoyed a feeling of danger in which seasonal air?

3. Jim like a balsam bed when he camped, but suggested one might use what?

4. What is viewed "only in terms of useless effort for which there is nothing to show" by Indians?

5. What was viewed as the biggest mistake individuals could make regarding their compasses?

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