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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3, February, The Stars and the Silence.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Jim enjoyed a feeling of danger in which seasonal air?
(a) Hot summer.
(b) Deep winter.
(c) Cold autumn.
(d) Cool spring.

2. Wolves were heard at Cache Lake in February, but not as much as at what other location?
(a) Thunder Lake.
(b) Snow Goose Lake.
(c) Shining Tree Lake.
(d) Knothole Lake.

3. What was served at the January picnic under the big spruce?
(a) Turkey, carrots, salad, and cornbread.
(b) Venison steaks, onion rings, potatoes, and biscuits.
(c) Bear steaks, squash, sweet potatoes, and rolls.
(d) Broiled fish, green beans, dumplings, and pie.

4. Along the edge of Cache Lake to the south grew alder side by side with fish-net willows and what else?
(a) Wild strawberries.
(b) High bush blueberries.
(c) High bush cranberries.
(d) Low vine raspberries.

5. After owls have gulped their food down whole and it has digested, what was the next step for bones and fur?
(a) It was excreted in flight like other birds.
(b) It was spit out as paste to build nests.
(c) It was spit out similar to a cat fur ball.
(d) It was spit out in neat, rolled pellets.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was described as a good way to store fish in the winter?

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

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

4. What time of year was it when Jim first came upon Cache Lake?

5. Jim obtained the speeds for a wind gauge he built when he tested it in what manner?

(see the answer key)

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