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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 11, October, Frost on Scarlet Leaves.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Jim related how he once capsized when he canoed about 5 days out from civilization, but he kept his matches dry how?
(a) In a wax paper package.
(b) In a plastic container.
(c) In a sap covered matchbox.
(d) In a small watertight bottle.

3. What did the term "cache" mean?
(a) A magnetized piece of metal serving as a compass.
(b) A hidden storage place for provisions.
(c) A canoe made from tree branches, bark, and gum.
(d) A semi-permanent encampment.

4. Jim ranked his fishing skills from best to worst in what order?
(a) Trolling, bait rod, fly-casting.
(b) Fly-casting, trolling, bait rod.
(c) Trolling, fly-casting, bait rod.
(d) Bait rod, fly-casting, troling.

5. How many steps were diagrammed as the procedure for a single individual to shoulder a canoe?
(a) 4.
(b) 3.
(c) 2.
(d) 1.

Short Answer Questions

1. Diagrams and discussion reflected which four tools as those essential for wood-carving?

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?

3. Jim stated he one day hoped to glue together thin strips of white holly and dark wood into a block to carve a what?

4. The partridges were said to make a thumping sound that escalated increasingly from a slow drumming to a strange noise similar to what?

5. What mythological figure was January named after that had two faces so he could look ahead and behind simultaneously?

(see the answer key)

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