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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What Indian game was diagrammed and described that Chief Tibeash was a champion of as a boy, and shot stones and arrows?
(a) A slingshot.
(b) A sling stick.
(c) A crossbow.
(d) A bow.

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

3. 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 as paste to build nests.
(c) It was excreted in flight like other birds.
(d) It was spit out in neat, rolled pellets.

4. What was suggested as the first step to dry moccasins?
(a) Rub them with moose fat.
(b) Place them near the stove.
(c) Stuff them with bent birch twigs.
(d) Scrape out the moisture.

5. Jim named his new husky pup Tripper for what reasons?
(a) As a pup he tripped about, and later would take many sled trips.
(b) As a pup he tripped about, and tripped anyone near him.
(c) As a pup he tripped his owner, and later would take many sled trips.
(d) As a pup he tripped his owner, and later would take many canoe trips.

6. Why was it recommended to leave one's rifle outside the camp in freezing weather instead of bringing it in where it was warm?
(a) Quickly warmed cold metal could fire spontaneously.
(b) Quickly warmed cold metal sweats and freezes upon returning outside.
(c) Quickly warmed cold metal sweats and cracks upon returning outside.
(d) Quickly warmed cold metal sweats and chips upon returning outside.

7. Jim related the story of a man who fed, tamed, and finally broke to harness a calf bull moose that pulled his what?
(a) Wagon.
(b) Cart.
(c) Sleigh.
(d) Buggy.

8. What time of year was it when Jim first came upon Cache Lake?
(a) Early January.
(b) Early September.
(c) Early June.
(d) Early March.

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

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

11. Jim made bait rods for fishing from what in February?
(a) Old rifle cleaning rods.
(b) Old fencing foils.
(c) Spruce pine sapplings.
(d) Collapsible automobile radio antenas.

12. The best area for partridge in the Cache Lake country was said to have been around where?
(a) Manitoupeepagee River.
(b) Faraway See Hill.
(c) Jumping Sand Springs.
(d) Porcupine Ridge.

13. For sleeping in the open during winter, it was stated there was nothing to equal what kind of a robe?
(a) Wolfskin.
(b) Deerskin.
(c) Goose down.
(d) Rabbitskin.

14. 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 laid upside down over a log with a heavy rock on the the front..
(c) It was steamed slowly over a fire in wet cloth or moss.
(d) It was wedged in-between a tree fork and tied back for pressure.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was recommended as the first step in making one's initial pair of moccasins from moose hide?

2. It was noted that when one worked hard in the woods, it brought with it a natural craving for what taste preference?

3. How did Chief Tibeash regard Hank?

4. What was served at the January picnic under the big spruce?

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

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