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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 11, October, Frost on Scarlet Leaves.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the term "cache" mean?
(a) A magnetized piece of metal serving as a compass.
(b) A hidden storage place for provisions.
(c) A canoe made from tree branches, bark, and gum.
(d) A semi-permanent encampment.

2. When Chief Tibeash planned a trip he would go and look at the grass just before he turned in at night for what reason?
(a) A sign of dew indicated the weather may turn wet in the evening.
(b) No sign of dew indicated the weather would be okay until midday.
(c) No sign of dew indicated the weather may take a wet turn.
(d) No sign of dew indicated the weather would likely to be good.

3. The partridges were said to make a thumping sound that escalated increasingly from a slow drumming to a strange noise similar to what?
(a) A snapping.
(b) A crackling.
(c) An applause.
(d) A rolling beat.

4. Jim saw what animals as they escaped not far ahead of a forest fire as it approached a lake he had sought for refuge?
(a) Dozens of rabbits, deer, skunks, and several bear.
(b) Hundreds of rabbits, deer, snakes, and several bear.
(c) Hundreds of rabbits, deer, porcupines, and two bear.
(d) A few rabbits, deer, porcupines, a moose and two bear.

5. Jim noted that he generally cached his small canoe where?
(a) On Shining Tree Lake.
(b) On Cache Lake.
(c) On Snow Goose Lake.
(d) On Beaver Tail Lake.

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. For what purpose did Chief Tibeash fell dead trees when camping?

3. When Indians built canoes of birch bark, they sealed the seams with a pitch made from what?

4. Jim's grandfather, a seafaring man, frequently related that those who ventured out without what in their boats were foolish?

5. Wolves were heard at Cache Lake in February, but not as much as at what other location?

(see the answer key)

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