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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6, May, The Green Tide Flows North.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many northern lakes had author John J. "Jim" Rowlands said he had seen when he happened upon Cache Lake?
(a) Millions.
(b) Thousands.
(c) Dozens.
(d) Hundreds.

2. How was dynamite used to break up a log jam?
(a) It was tied to a long pole and rammed into it.
(b) It was thrown toward it from the shore.
(c) It was thrown from a boat that sped off.
(d) It was dropped from a small plane flying over.

3. What was the easiest route to follow in the north country during the winter?
(a) The waterways.
(b) The ridge lines.
(c) The trails.
(d) The shorelines.

4. What board that was free of knots and had a straight grain was said to have been the right stock to make a light paddle from?
(a) Elm.
(b) Oak.
(c) Spruce.
(d) Ash.

5. Without a heavy pack, what was listed as the average speed one could hike on a good trail?
(a) From 2 to 2.5 miles per hour.
(b) From 1.5 to 2 miles per hour.
(c) From 2.5 to 3 miles per hour.
(d) From 3 to 3.5 miles per hour.

Short Answer Questions

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

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?

3. It was noted that when one worked hard in the woods, it brought with it a natural craving for what taste preference?

4. Jim viewed frogs to be good for what?

5. Jim related the story of a man who fed, tamed, and finally broke to harness a calf bull moose that pulled his what?

(see the answer key)

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