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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. An unpleasant smell that sometimes indicated the approach of nasty weather was the rainy, earthy odor noticed prior, especially where?
(a) Along a rocky, quickly moving rivers.
(b) On high, heavily wooded ridge lines.
(c) On high, open watersheds.
(d) Near marshy places or muddy ponds.

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

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

4. Jim and Hank ventured to the dam located where each spring to determine how the beaver had fared the previous winter?
(a) On Beaver Tail Lake.
(b) To Knothole Lake.
(c) On Caterwaul Creek.
(d) On Otter Stream.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Hank once make a model of?

2. What was described as a good way to store fish in the winter?

3. Jim noted he always took along what item on long canoe trips?

4. What time of year was it when Jim first came upon Cache Lake?

5. Wolves were heard at Cache Lake in February, but not as much as at what other location?

(see the answer key)

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