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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Spring was a good time for casting animal tracks as the wet ground made nice prints, especially when found where?
(a) In clay.
(b) In sand.
(c) In loose soil.
(d) In mud.

2. 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) Maintained respect for all things in nature.
(b) Clung to birch bark canoes.
(c) Wore moccasins year-round.
(d) Used hand-made cutting instruments.

3. The Cache Lake country was a land of what type of terrain?
(a) Rolling hills, many of them very high, with sporadic lakes and few streams.
(b) Rolling hills, none of them very high, with many lakes and streams.
(c) Rocky mountains, most of them low, with sporadic lakes and streams.
(d) Wooded mountains, most of them low, with many lakes and streams.

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

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

6. When the sap was running freely, how many gallons were obtained per day from a good tree?
(a) Up to 1.
(b) 2 to 3.
(c) 3 to 4.
(d) 1 to 2.

7. Jim had observed too many woodsmen suffering from what, to know that one could not abuse one's stomach without paying a price?
(a) "Gale in the gut."
(b) "Bursting in the belly."
(c) "Misery in the innards."
(d) "Storming in the stomach."

8. When Indians built canoes of birch bark, they sealed the seams with a pitch made from what?
(a) 1 part grease and 6 parts spruce gum.
(b) 1 part grease and 8 parts spruce gum.
(c) 1 part grease and 4 parts spruce gum.
(d) 1 part grease and 10 parts spruce gum.

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

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

11. Jim noted the snow that remained in May beneath a shaggy spruce behind his cabin reminded him of what?
(a) "A dingy white collar on a man who needs a hair cut."
(b) "A megaphone left behind by a college cheerleader."
(c) "A giant piece of chocolate and vanilla candy corn."
(d) "A rocket launch with smoke gushing out beneath it."

12. What were noted as the keys to surviving in the wilderness, finding one's way about, and avoiding possible dangers?
(a) Learn from those before you and simply apply the lessons.
(b) Always bring a compass and extra food.
(c) Common sense and observing everything closely.
(d) Observing things closely and watching the sun.

13. Jim always had a spell of what that generally came on without warning toward the end of an April day?
(a) "Seed-catalogue fever."
(b) "Firewood felling frenxy."
(c) "Pet raising raucous."
(d) `"Roof patching party."

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) An applause.
(b) A snapping.
(c) A rolling beat.
(d) A crackling.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Describe the appearance of Chief Tibeash?

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

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

4. March was the start of the transition into the spring season, one sign of which was what?

5. Jim related the story of a man who fed, tamed, and finally broke to harness a calf bull moose that pulled his what?

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