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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. For what purpose did Chief Tibeash fell dead trees when camping?
(a) For shelter as drier, standing dead trees repelled more moisture.
(b) For fires as standing dead trees were drier than timber on the ground.
(c) For spirits as dead trees left standing brought rain and bad luck.
(d) For camp perimeter as drier dead trees cracked louder and awakened.

2. 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 in neat, rolled pellets.
(c) It was spit out similar to a cat fur ball.
(d) It was spit out as paste to build nests.

3. Jim recommended which tool as the most valuable in the woods?
(a) Your axe.
(b) Your knife.
(c) Your compass.
(d) Your gun.

4. Jim had observed too many woodsmen suffering from what, to know that one could not abuse one's stomach without paying a price?
(a) "Gale in the gut."
(b) "Bursting in the belly."
(c) "Storming in the stomach."
(d) "Misery in the innards."

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Along the edge of Cache Lake to the south grew alder side by side with fish-net willows and what else?

3. The Indian paddle stroke Chief Tibeash used was short, began at the waist, and ended with a thrust from what point?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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