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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What were snow goggles?
(a) Blue wraparound glasses treated with ultraviolet radiation.
(b) Goggles with photogray lenses treated with ultraviolet radiation.
(c) Metallic gray sunglasses treated with ultraviolet radiation.
(d) Cardboard or soft pinewood goggles with thin slit cuts for vision.

2. What was described as the greatest mistake a man could make leaving camp without doing?
(a) Telling friends the direction one was headed.
(b) Taking one's compass and a knife.
(c) Taking matches and a knife.
(d) Packing a full canteen of water.

3. Jim noted that he generally cached his small canoe where?
(a) On Snow Goose Lake.
(b) On Shining Tree Lake.
(c) On Cache Lake.
(d) On Beaver Tail Lake.

4. Why were the wolves on the move in February?
(a) Wet snow made prey easier to track.
(b) Deep snow made prey easier to get.
(c) Deep snow made prey harder to get.
(d) Dry snow made prey harder to track.

5. What were the little wooden pipes used to tap sugar maples for sap called?
(a) Spiles.
(b) Splits.
(c) Spikes.
(d) Spills.

6. How did Hank arrive at Cache Lake?
(a) By a dog sled.
(b) By canoe.
(c) By plane.
(d) By foot.

7. 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) Cigarettes.
(d) Cornsilk.

8. The millions of birds that traveled faced a big problem in keeping fed, and accounts for why most stayed where relative to the front tide line?
(a) East.
(b) West.
(c) Ahead.
(d) Behind.

9. Jim noted many changes in the ways the Indians lived during the 30 years he had known them, except that most still did what?
(a) Wore moccasins year-round.
(b) Clung to birch bark canoes.
(c) Maintained respect for all things in nature.
(d) Used hand-made cutting instruments.

10. 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?
(a) A cold spring.
(b) A pail of tree sap.
(c) A bucket of packed snow.
(d) A can of oil.

11. What was described as a good way to store fish in the winter?
(a) Dried and smoked.
(b) Wrapped in leaves and bark.
(c) Frozen in the ice.
(d) Pickled in vinegar.

12. Jim wrote about a young man that once blazed a trail on the side he came from, and might have been lost on his return if he had not done what?
(a) Located a landmark on a hill behind himself.
(b) Carried a map and compass to find his way out.
(c) Followed a creek downstream to a lake and found his way.
(d) Frequently looked behind himself upon his return.

13. Along the edge of Cache Lake to the south grew alder side by side with fish-net willows and what else?
(a) High bush blueberries.
(b) High bush cranberries.
(c) Wild strawberries.
(d) Low vine raspberries.

14. The partridges were said to make a thumping sound that escalated increasingly from a slow drumming to a strange noise similar to what?
(a) A rolling beat.
(b) A snapping.
(c) An applause.
(d) A crackling.

15. March was not spring yet as Cache Lake was full of ice and there were how many feet of snow?
(a) 4.
(b) 3.
(c) 2.
(d) 6.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Jim recalled one Thanksgiving he shared with Chief Tibeash and Hank where what was the only thing wrong?

3. What was viewed as the biggest mistake individuals could make regarding their compasses?

4. Jim obtained the speeds for a wind gauge he built when he tested it in what manner?

5. What trees in the swamps sheltered the deer and moose during the winter?

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