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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. Without a heavy pack, what was listed as the average speed one could hike on a good trail?
(a) From 2.5 to 3 miles per hour.
(b) From 3 to 3.5 miles per hour.
(c) From 2 to 2.5 miles per hour.
(d) From 1.5 to 2 miles per hour.

2. How many steps were shown in how to heft a heavy pack onto one's back?
(a) 2.
(b) 4.
(c) 3.
(d) 1.

3. What were noted as the keys to surviving in the wilderness, finding one's way about, and avoiding possible dangers?
(a) Common sense and observing everything closely.
(b) Learn from those before you and simply apply the lessons.
(c) Always bring a compass and extra food.
(d) Observing things closely and watching the sun.

4. What was described as a good way to store fish in the winter?
(a) Pickled in vinegar.
(b) Dried and smoked.
(c) Wrapped in leaves and bark.
(d) Frozen in the ice.

5. 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) Cubs.
(c) Hunters.
(d) Beehives.

Short Answer Questions

1. Jim constructed new furniture during the rainy season in April and provided a diagram to show how he built what?

2. How many different ways to construct a candle lantern from a can were diagrammed?

3. What were other terms used to refer to cedar waxwings in Cache Lake country?

4. The French Canadian ovens described were made of mortar or clay on a cedar log or stone foundation, and were built how tall?

5. Jim noted he always took along what item on long canoe trips?

(see the answer key)

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