View a FREE sample

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. The Cache Lake country was a land of what type of terrain?
(a) Wooded mountains, most of them low, with many lakes and streams.
(b) Rocky mountains, most of them low, with sporadic lakes and streams.
(c) Rolling hills, many of them very high, with sporadic lakes and few streams.
(d) Rolling hills, none of them very high, with many lakes and streams.

2. 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) Clung to birch bark canoes.
(b) Maintained respect for all things in nature.
(c) Wore moccasins year-round.
(d) Used hand-made cutting instruments.

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

4. Jim recalled one Thanksgiving he shared with Chief Tibeash and Hank where what was the only thing wrong?
(a) It was two weeks early.
(b) It was a week early.
(c) It was a month late.
(d) It was two weeks late.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. After owls have gulped their food down whole and it has digested, what was the next step for bones and fur?

3. For what purpose did Chief Tibeash fell dead trees when camping?

4. Jim's memories of his grandmother having read to him as a youngster from "Swiss Family Robinson" were always stirred by what?

5. Why was it recommended to leave one's rifle outside the camp in freezing weather instead of bringing it in where it was warm?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 489 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample