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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. When shoes began to chafe, what was suggested as a means to prevent the almost certain accompanying blister?
(a) Rub candle wax inside shoe where it chafes.
(b) Cover chafing point with a moist green leaf.
(c) Wear a pair of wool socks over a pair of cotton.
(d) Rub candle wax on sock where it chafes.
2. What did the term "cache" mean?
(a) A hidden storage place for provisions.
(b) A semi-permanent encampment.
(c) A canoe made from tree branches, bark, and gum.
(d) A magnetized piece of metal serving as a compass.
3. Jim noted many changes in the ways the Indians lived during the 30 years he had known them, except that most still did what?
(a) Maintained respect for all things in nature.
(b) Wore moccasins year-round.
(c) Clung to birch bark canoes.
(d) Used hand-made cutting instruments.
4. The man who tamed the moose to pull him around came into town on Saturday nights and tied up, then smoked what as people stared?
(a) Cigarettes.
(b) Cigars.
(c) Cornsilk.
(d) Pipe tobacco.
5. Jim's memories of his grandmother having read to him as a youngster from "Swiss Family Robinson" were always stirred by what?
(a) The breeze when it stirred the trees.
(b) His whistling kettle when he boiled water.
(c) The creaking of his chair when he rocked in it.
(d) The rain when it dropped on his tin roof.
Short Answer Questions
1. What birds were seen as they first flew up and struck weed tops, and then settled and fed on seeds that fell in the snow?
2. Where was it noted the lightning bugs did not fly so much?
3. How many northern lakes had author John J. "Jim" Rowlands said he had seen when he happened upon Cache Lake?
4. In April, in the marshy area near the spring, the initial purple and green hoods of what plant would show?
5. What did Hank once make a model of?
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