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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2, January, Long Nights and Deep Snows.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did the cold in the north country not feel as uncomfortable as that further south if the right clothes were worn?
(a) Below freezing the discomfort held steady if damp.
(b) Below freezing the discomfort held steady if dry.
(c) It was drier.
(d) It was damper.

2. If one did not have a compass, what was suggested one could use?
(a) The sun and rocks.
(b) The wind and clouds.
(c) The wind and sun.
(d) The clouds and rocks.

3. What time of year was it when Jim first came upon Cache Lake?
(a) Early September.
(b) Early January.
(c) Early June.
(d) Early March.

4. What was recommended as the first step in making one's initial pair of moccasins from moose hide?
(a) Make a test pair from old blanket or heavy cloth.
(b) Draw your footprint outline on a large cardboard piece.
(c) Cut two tie strings approximately twelve inches long.
(d) Put your foot on the hide and cut an outline one-half inch larger.

5. What was suggested as one way of getting ahead when one worked through new wood?
(a) Binoculars.
(b) Tree marks.
(c) Trails.
(d) Hindsight.

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. The Cache Lake country was a land of what type of terrain?

3. How many northern lakes had author John J. "Jim" Rowlands said he had seen when he happened upon Cache Lake?

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

5. Jim recalled one Thanksgiving he shared with Chief Tibeash and Hank where what was the only thing wrong?

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