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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4, March, Strong Winds in the Sugar Bush.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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) Beehives.
(b) Hunters.
(c) Paw tracks.
(d) Cubs.

3. The scent of what animals troubled deer and moose the most?
(a) Wolves.
(b) Bears.
(c) Skunks.
(d) Wild boars.

4. What trees in the swamps sheltered the deer and moose during the winter?
(a) Black spruce and birch.
(b) Cedar and oak.
(c) Yellow pine and oak.
(d) Cedar and black spruce.

5. What was suggested as the first step to dry moccasins?
(a) Stuff them with bent birch twigs.
(b) Scrape out the moisture.
(c) Place them near the stove.
(d) Rub them with moose fat.

Short Answer Questions

1. Jim recommended which tool as the most valuable in the woods?

2. Mal de raquette was another term for what?

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

4. What type of rivets did Hank use when he made a new sheath for his hunting knife?

5. What time of year was it when Jim first came upon Cache Lake?

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