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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. For what purpose did Chief Tibeash fell dead trees when camping?
(a) For spirits as dead trees left standing brought rain and bad luck.
(b) For shelter as drier, standing dead trees repelled more moisture.
(c) For fires as standing dead trees were drier than timber on the ground.
(d) For camp perimeter as drier dead trees cracked louder and awakened.

3. The Indians in the north country referred to January as Kushapawasticanum o Pesim which meant what?
(a) The Lake of No Canoe.
(b) The Moon of Great Cold.
(c) The Sky of Many Stars.
(d) The Time of Sleeping Bear.

4. What was the Indian term for partridges?
(a) Chaskasee.
(b) Yaxkin-ben.
(c) Ben-asee.
(d) Nimiteh.

5. What lightweight metal was recommended for use inside a leather axe sheath to protect it and the blade?
(a) Copper.
(b) Brass.
(c) Aluminum bronze.
(d) Aluminum.

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 sweats and chips upon returning outside.
(b) Quickly warmed cold metal could fire spontaneously.
(c) Quickly warmed cold metal sweats and freezes upon returning outside.
(d) Quickly warmed cold metal sweats and cracks upon returning outside.

7. 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.

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

9. Great horned mother owls have nested in late February with the young beneath the mother's wings and covered in what color fuzz?
(a) Brown.
(b) Cream.
(c) Snow white.
(d) Pink.

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

11. What mythological figure was January named after that had two faces so he could look ahead and behind simultaneously?
(a) Junos.
(b) Janus.
(c) Julian.
(d) Janes.

12. The man who tamed the moose to pull him around came into town on Saturday nights and tied up, then smoked what as people stared?
(a) Pipe tobacco.
(b) Cigars.
(c) Cornsilk.
(d) Cigarettes.

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

14. In April, in the marshy area near the spring, the initial purple and green hoods of what plant would show?
(a) Watermelons.
(b) Lettuces.
(c) Rhubarbs.
(d) Skunk cabbages.

15. Jim, who favored what particular bird types, together with Hank made specific styles of houses to attract those they liked?
(a) Always house wrens and usually bluebirds.
(b) Always chickadees and usually cardinals.
(c) Always white doves and usually robins.
(d) Always hummingbirds and usually swallows.

Short Answer Questions

1. Jim always had a spell of what that generally came on without warning toward the end of an April day?

2. What was taught as the proper way to land a canoe ashore?

3. How many northern lakes had author John J. "Jim" Rowlands said he had seen when he happened upon Cache Lake?

4. The remedy offered for metal that got so cold that it chipped was to heat it until it was dull red before it was plunged into what?

5. The partridges were said to make a thumping sound that escalated increasingly from a slow drumming to a strange noise similar to what?

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