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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. What was viewed as the biggest mistake individuals could make regarding their compasses?
(a) To become suspicious of them.
(b) Place them on the ground.
(c) Set them on logs or stumps.
(d) Hold them too far away.

2. Jim wrote about a young man that once blazed a trail on the side he came from, and might have been lost on his return if he had not done what?
(a) Carried a map and compass to find his way out.
(b) Located a landmark on a hill behind himself.
(c) Frequently looked behind himself upon his return.
(d) Followed a creek downstream to a lake and found his way.

3. Indians in the north country believed what had a spirit?
(a) Every mammal, bird, and fish.
(b) Everything.
(c) Every living thing.
(d) Every mammal and many trees.

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

5. 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?
(a) Snowbirds.
(b) Snow geese.
(c) Snow buntings.
(d) Snow owls.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was suggested as one way of getting ahead when one worked through new wood?

2. What was used as a measuring wheel to construct a rough map?

3. How did Chief Tibeash regard Hank?

4. Without a heavy pack, what was listed as the average speed one could hike on a good trail?

5. What is viewed "only in terms of useless effort for which there is nothing to show" by Indians?

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