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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 was related to have been some of the fun when ice fishing?
(a) Locating a place to promptly cook the catch.
(b) Cutting an ice hole likely to yield fish.
(c) Fishing near a buddy and trading tales.
(d) Playing a harmonica while sitting and fishing.

2. March was not spring yet as Cache Lake was full of ice and there were how many feet of snow?
(a) 4.
(b) 6.
(c) 2.
(d) 3.

3. Great horned mother owls have nested in late February with the young beneath the mother's wings and covered in what color fuzz?
(a) Brown.
(b) Snow white.
(c) Cream.
(d) Pink.

4. Jim obtained the speeds for a wind gauge he built when he tested it in what manner?
(a) Against a wind gauge at a high school science lab.
(b) Against a car speedometer when held out the window.
(c) Against a wind gauge at a forest station.
(d) Against a wind gauge at an airport.

5. How was Chief Tibeash's hunting sled curved up in the front?
(a) It was wedged in-between a tree fork and tied back for pressure.
(b) It was laid upside down over a log with a heavy rock on the the front..
(c) It was soaked on end in about 4-6 inches of cold water.
(d) It was steamed slowly over a fire in wet cloth or moss.

Short Answer Questions

1. Jim noted that he generally cached his small canoe where?

2. What were snow goggles?

3. What trees in the swamps sheltered the deer and moose during the winter?

4. What were the little wooden pipes used to tap sugar maples for sap called?

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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