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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 were the little wooden pipes used to tap sugar maples for sap called?
(a) Spiles.
(b) Spills.
(c) Splits.
(d) Spikes.

2. Jim made bait rods for fishing from what in February?
(a) Collapsible automobile radio antenas.
(b) Spruce pine sapplings.
(c) Old fencing foils.
(d) Old rifle cleaning rods.

3. What was taught as the proper way to land a canoe ashore?
(a) Broadside.
(b) Get out in the water to lift the bow ashore.
(c) Bow on.
(d) Stern on.

4. What were snow goggles?
(a) Blue wraparound glasses treated with ultraviolet radiation.
(b) Goggles with photogray lenses treated with ultraviolet radiation.
(c) Cardboard or soft pinewood goggles with thin slit cuts for vision.
(d) Metallic gray sunglasses treated with ultraviolet radiation.

5. Jim related the story of a man who fed, tamed, and finally broke to harness a calf bull moose that pulled his what?
(a) Sleigh.
(b) Cart.
(c) Buggy.
(d) Wagon.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Chief Tibeash refer to deep-water trolling using copper wire 100 yards long and a single pound sinker?

2. An unpleasant smell that sometimes indicated the approach of nasty weather was the rainy, earthy odor noticed prior, especially where?

3. Jim saw what animals as they escaped not far ahead of a forest fire as it approached a lake he had sought for refuge?

4. What was described as the best hour a summer day offered?

5. September days were described as often having been clear and feeling what?

(see the answer key)

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