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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9, August, Harvest of the Wilderness.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. A cold room in the ground was built of double board walls separated by 2"x4" uprights, and the space between filled with what substance?
(a) Pine cones.
(b) Wood chips.
(c) Sawdust.
(d) Sand.

2. Where was it noted the lightning bugs did not fly so much?
(a) Over rocky areas.
(b) In the open places.
(c) Along the shoreline.
(d) Over the open water.

3. How was a mattress that was ordered from a catalog transported to Cache Lake?
(a) Rolled tightly inside a pontoon plane cabin.
(b) Stretched centered and lashed atop the wings of a pontoon plane.
(c) Lashed like a horseshoe over the back of a pack mule.
(d) Rolled tightly around a long pole that rested on two men's shoulders.

4. Jim named his new husky pup Tripper for what reasons?
(a) As a pup he tripped his owner, and later would take many sled trips.
(b) As a pup he tripped about, and later would take many sled trips.
(c) As a pup he tripped his owner, and later would take many canoe trips.
(d) As a pup he tripped about, and tripped anyone near him.

5. Chief Tibeash said the herring gulls in their region were apt to do what when a storm approached?
(a) Stay in the trees.
(b) Stay out of the water.
(c) Dive for fish from the air.
(d) Stay on the water or rocks.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What trees in the swamps sheltered the deer and moose during the winter?

3. Cree Indians viewed the Big Dipper (part of Ursa Major) as the Great Bear constellation, and the three stars in the handle as what?

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

5. March was the start of the transition into the spring season, one sign of which was what?

(see the answer key)

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