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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "The Autumn Provides Food and Loneliness," what scared the loneliness out of Sam?
(a) Jessie Coon.
(b) Baron.
(c) Frightful.
(d) A rifle shot.

2. What did Sam use to hold up the funnel and finish his fireplace?
(a) An old brick.
(b) Flat stone.
(c) An old axle.
(d) A metal hinge.

3. What does Sam add to his pancakes to improve them?
(a) Dried blueberries.
(b) Walnuts.
(c) Dried apples.
(d) Hickory nuts.

4. What do Sam and Bando eat for dessert in "I Learn About BIrds and People"?
(a) Pancakes and blueberry syrup.
(b) Walnuts and jam.
(c) Teaberry snowballs.
(d) Toasted hickory nuts.

5. What does Sam eat for breakfast in "I Pile Up Wood and Go on with Winter"?
(a) Apples and nuts.
(b) Venison.
(c) Turtle soup.
(d) Pancakes and jam.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Sam use to make snowshoes?

2. What is the wing span of the great horned owl that Sam sees in "I Have a Good Look at Winter and Find Spring in the Snow"?

3. What did Sam do the first day of hunting season?

4. What was the name of the warden who was reported to have spent a night in the wilderness looking for a boy rumored to be living in the woods?

5. Who does Bando quote as he carves the steak on Christmas day?

Short Essay Questions

1. What preparations does Sam make for Christmas dinner when Bando will come?

2. How did Frightful help Sam gather nuts?

3. Why is winter as exciting as summer - or maybe even more so - for Sam?

4. How are the chickadees like people that Sam knew on Third Avenue in New York?

5. At the end of the first week of hunting season, how close did Sam get to a hunter?

6. How did Sam make a deer hide jacket?

7. What was different about the Baron on October 15?

8. How does Sam's dad greet him when he comes to see Sam?

9. What issues did Sam face when hunting season arrived?

10. How did Sam invite his neighbor animals to come to a party for Halloween?

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