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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 13, December, Blizzards and Wailing Winds.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whose idea was it to construct a "scrap-pile radio" from odds and ends found around a north woods camp that was diagrammed?
(a) Jim.
(b) Mr. Beedee.
(c) Hank.
(d) Chief Tibeash.

2. Describe the appearance of Chief Tibeash?
(a) Tall, lean, and having tough, strong muscles.
(b) Small, lean, and having tough, strong muscles.
(c) Large, stout, and having flabby, weak muscles.
(d) Medium, flacid, and having infirm, aged muscles.

3. Spring was a good time for casting animal tracks as the wet ground made nice prints, especially when found where?
(a) In loose soil.
(b) In clay.
(c) In sand.
(d) In mud.

4. Cree Indians viewed the Big Dipper (part of Ursa Major) as the Great Bear constellation, and the three stars in the handle as what?
(a) Paw tracks.
(b) Hunters.
(c) Cubs.
(d) Beehives.

5. Benasee Jewan, the Indian term for September, meant what?
(a) "The Moon When the Birds Fly Away."
(b) "The Leaves Change Color and Fall."
(c) "The Moon Before Snow Arrives."
(d) "The Northern Lights Begin to Play."

Short Answer Questions

1. Mal de raquette was another term for what?

2. Chief Tibeash said the herring gulls in their region were apt to do what when a storm approached?

3. The stars on February nights were compared with sparkling jewels of what color on a black background?

4. Instructions how to construct a signaling device that reflected sunlight by flashes with a movable mirror was described. What was it called?

5. The company's plane made its last flight in November until the lake ice was solid and it could land with what equipment?

(see the answer key)

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