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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. There is a significant snowfall accumulation in Chapter 11. How much snow does Brian estimate is one the sides of the trees.
(a) Three inches.
(b) One inch.
(c) Six inches.
(d) None.

2. What does Brian make new shoes from?
(a) Deer hide.
(b) His old t-shirt.
(c) Rabbit skin.
(d) His sleeping bag.

3. In Chapter 15, how many trips does it take Brian to get the butchered deer back to his camp?
(a) 2.
(b) 3.
(c) 4.
(d) 1.

4. In Chapter 8, what alerts Brian to the fact that something is different?
(a) The wind.
(b) The noise.
(c) The lack of sound.
(d) The drop in the wind chill.

5. How many years had the family been trapping in the area?
(a) Two.
(b) Three.
(c) Five.
(d) Four.

Short Answer Questions

1. Brian thinks he would have to kill how many rabbits to equal one moose?

2. What on the moose weighed more than two rabbits?

3. In walking twenty steps in Chapter 9, how many rabbits does Brian see?

4. What did Brian drag back to his camp around 4 in the morning in Chapter 10?

5. In addition to his large bow and arrow, lance, hatchet, and knife, what other piece of equipment does Brian take with him for hunting in Chapter 9?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Brian get the deer meat back to his camp?

2. How did Brian make his footwear?

3. Describe how cold it is in Chapter 15?

4. How does Brian turn such a big moose over to remove the hide from the other side?

5. In Chapter 11, the author states, "and in a strange way it never really did stop raining." What is meant by this?

6. What's the status of Brian's clothing at the beginning of Chapter 8?

7. Brian sees a mouse in Chapter 8. What does he learn from the mouse?

8. What does Brian witness a pack of wolves do?

9. Brian begins the task of butchering the moose by skinning it. Explain how he does this.

10. Describe the Cree family that Brian meets.

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