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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8, July, The Moose Are in the Lakes.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Jim recommended which tool as the most valuable in the woods?
(a) Your axe.
(b) Your gun.
(c) Your knife.
(d) Your compass.

2. Jim stated he one day hoped to glue together thin strips of white holly and dark wood into a block to carve a what?
(a) Zebra.
(b) Panda bear.
(c) Skunk.
(d) Dalmatian.

3. Mal de raquette was another term for what?
(a) Frostbite of the foot.
(b) Snowshoe lameness.
(c) Snow ski pain.
(d) Sprained ankle.

4. What was recommended as the first step in making one's initial pair of moccasins from moose hide?
(a) Cut two tie strings approximately twelve inches long.
(b) Put your foot on the hide and cut an outline one-half inch larger.
(c) Make a test pair from old blanket or heavy cloth.
(d) Draw your footprint outline on a large cardboard piece.

5. What were other terms used to refer to cedar waxwings in Cache Lake country?
(a) Cedar or cherry birds.
(b) Redwing or redbreast birds.
(c) Cherry or redwing birds.
(d) Redbreast or cedar birds.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Jim and Hank ventured to the dam located where each spring to determine how the beaver had fared the previous winter?

3. Great horned mother owls have nested in late February with the young beneath the mother's wings and covered in what color fuzz?

4. Hank sometimes made his own candles when he used the bark slipped from what small decayed saplings to mold them?

5. What mythological figure was January named after that had two faces so he could look ahead and behind simultaneously?

(see the answer key)

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