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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. Chief Tibeash dried fish in the sun, removed the gills and eyes, then wrapped them well separated in dry moss to keep them for how long?
(a) 3 days.
(b) Later that night.
(c) 1-2 days.
(d) For the following morning.

2. What were other terms used to refer to cedar waxwings in Cache Lake country?
(a) Cherry or redwing birds.
(b) Redbreast or cedar birds.
(c) Redwing or redbreast birds.
(d) Cedar or cherry birds.

3. Jim noted that he generally cached his small canoe where?
(a) On Shining Tree Lake.
(b) On Cache Lake.
(c) On Snow Goose Lake.
(d) On Beaver Tail Lake.

4. What were the little wooden pipes used to tap sugar maples for sap called?
(a) Spills.
(b) Splits.
(c) Spiles.
(d) Spikes.

5. Jim's memories of his grandmother having read to him as a youngster from "Swiss Family Robinson" were always stirred by what?
(a) The breeze when it stirred the trees.
(b) The rain when it dropped on his tin roof.
(c) The creaking of his chair when he rocked in it.
(d) His whistling kettle when he boiled water.

Short Answer Questions

1. The French Canadian ovens described were made of mortar or clay on a cedar log or stone foundation, and were built how tall?

2. What were the woods described as having been like in July?

3. Although hard on the shoulders, how was it suggested paddles might be lashed for portaging a canoe?

4. What was recommended about magnetizing needles?

5. Jim and Hank ventured to the dam located where each spring to determine how the beaver had fared the previous winter?

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