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

2. Jim's grandfather, a seafaring man, frequently related that those who ventured out without what in their boats were foolish?
(a) A handgun.
(b) A compass.
(c) A flashlight.
(d) A fresh water supply.

3. Diagrams and instructions were provided on how to construct what pair of aids for making one's way across the frozen lakes?
(a) Ice boots.
(b) Ice climbers.
(c) Ice creepers.
(d) Ice skates.

4. Teams often left their logging camps around what time, with only the cook and his crew remaining?
(a) Shortly before sunrise.
(b) Shortly after 3 a.m.
(c) After breakfast around 8 a.m.
(d) Shortly after sunrise.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In April, in the marshy area near the spring, the initial purple and green hoods of what plant would show?

2. When traveling in August, what food was suggested one could rely on obtaining by "living off the land" to supplement rations taken?

3. What type of rivets did Hank use when he made a new sheath for his hunting knife?

4. Three blasts on the horn made from that of a buffalo was suggested to signal what?

5. Hank sometimes made his own candles when he used the bark slipped from what small decayed saplings to mold them?

(see the answer key)

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