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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 13, December, Blizzards and Wailing Winds.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Tripper given a piece of to chew on virtually endlessly?
(a) Moose bone.
(b) Deer horn.
(c) Wood block.
(d) Deer bone.

2. 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) Hundreds.
(d) Dozens.

3. Gabby was what type of bird that remained through the winter instead of flying south?
(a) A barn owl.
(b) A mockingbird.
(c) A goose.
(d) A moosebird.

4. 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, open watersheds.
(c) Near marshy places or muddy ponds.
(d) On high, heavily wooded ridge lines.

5. 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 sap covered matchbox.
(b) In a plastic container.
(c) In a small watertight bottle.
(d) In a wax paper package.

Short Answer Questions

1. Mal de raquette was another term for what?

2. Jim stored all his "treasured things" in an old chest that he kept where?

3. Why did the cold in the north country not feel as uncomfortable as that further south if the right clothes were worn?

4. Jim enjoyed a feeling of danger in which seasonal air?

5. What birds were seen as they first flew up and struck weed tops, and then settled and fed on seeds that fell in the snow?

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