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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was suggested as one way of getting ahead when one worked through new wood?
(a) Trails.
(b) Hindsight.
(c) Binoculars.
(d) Tree marks.

2. The Indian paddle stroke Chief Tibeash used was short, began at the waist, and ended with a thrust from what point?
(a) The biceps.
(b) The shoulders.
(c) The wrists.
(d) The cross arm.

3. Jim described how he made a bread knife from what type of blade?
(a) A coping saw.
(b) A bucksaw.
(c) A bandsaw.
(d) A hacksaw.

4. Jim chose what site on Cache Lake for his cabin?
(a) A knoll.
(b) A meadow.
(c) An inlet.
(d) An island.

5. 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 fresh water supply.
(c) A flashlight.
(d) A compass.

6. Jim recommended which tool as the most valuable in the woods?
(a) Your gun.
(b) Your axe.
(c) Your knife.
(d) Your compass.

7. Wolves were heard at Cache Lake in February, but not as much as at what other location?
(a) Snow Goose Lake.
(b) Thunder Lake.
(c) Shining Tree Lake.
(d) Knothole Lake.

8. Jim obtained the speeds for a wind gauge he built when he tested it in what manner?
(a) Against a wind gauge at a high school science lab.
(b) Against a car speedometer when held out the window.
(c) Against a wind gauge at an airport.
(d) Against a wind gauge at a forest station.

9. It took how many gallons of sap from a maple to yield a good pound of sugar?
(a) 4 to 6.
(b) 3 to 5.
(c) 1 to 3.
(d) 2 to 4.

10. After owls have gulped their food down whole and it has digested, what was the next step for bones and fur?
(a) It was spit out similar to a cat fur ball.
(b) It was spit out in neat, rolled pellets.
(c) It was excreted in flight like other birds.
(d) It was spit out as paste to build nests.

11. Mal de raquette was another term for what?
(a) Snow ski pain.
(b) Sprained ankle.
(c) Snowshoe lameness.
(d) Frostbite of the foot.

12. Jim stated he one day hoped to glue together thin strips of white holly and dark wood into a block to carve a what?
(a) Skunk.
(b) Zebra.
(c) Dalmatian.
(d) Panda bear.

13. How was dynamite used to break up a log jam?
(a) It was dropped from a small plane flying over.
(b) It was thrown toward it from the shore.
(c) It was tied to a long pole and rammed into it.
(d) It was thrown from a boat that sped off.

14. Jim stored all his "treasured things" in an old chest that he kept where?
(a) Out in his shed.
(b) Under the steps.
(c) On the covered porch.
(d) Under his bunk.

15. How was Chief Tibeash's hunting sled curved up in the front?
(a) It was soaked on end in about 4-6 inches of cold water.
(b) It was wedged in-between a tree fork and tied back for pressure.
(c) It was steamed slowly over a fire in wet cloth or moss.
(d) It was laid upside down over a log with a heavy rock on the the front..

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Chief Tibeash regard Hank?

2. When Indians built canoes of birch bark, they sealed the seams with a pitch made from what?

3. How long was it from the time Jim initially happened upon Cache Lake until he first returned?

4. Jim viewed frogs to be good for what?

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

(see the answer keys)

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