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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What were the woods described as having been like in July?
(a) Dry, hot, and quiet.
(b) Dry, cool, and quiet.
(c) Dry, hot, and noisy.
(d) Wet, hot, and quiet.

2. Whose idea was it to construct a "scrap-pile radio" from odds and ends found around a north woods camp that was diagrammed?
(a) Jim.
(b) Mr. Beedee.
(c) Hank.
(d) Chief Tibeash.

3. It took both patience and time to tame a wild animal, so what was suggested?
(a) Initially keep them in a pen or cage.
(b) Give them a lot of attention.
(c) Use food to get them accustomed to you.
(d) Get them young and bring them up.

4. When traveling in August, what food was suggested one could rely on obtaining by "living off the land" to supplement rations taken?
(a) All meat, fish, fruits, and vegetation.
(b) All meat and fish.
(c) None.
(d) Fruits, nuts, and some vegetation.

5. Jim built a pot that made a little fuel go far like one he read about used in what country where a handful of grass cooked a whole pot of stew?
(a) Tibet.
(b) Afghanistan.
(c) Mongolia.
(d) South Africa.

6. A harness of what type hide was made for Tripper to get him adjusted to pulling a sled by initially pulling a dead spruce piece?
(a) Beaver.
(b) Moose.
(c) Deer.
(d) Possum.

7. It was suggested that "butterflies seem to dress to suit" what?
(a) The temperature.
(b) The time of day.
(c) The season.
(d) The amount of sun.

8. Experienced sled dogs were said to work best when fed at what time of day?
(a) The beginning.
(b) Just prior to a trip.
(c) The end.
(d) The midday.

9. Although hard on the shoulders, how was it suggested paddles might be lashed for portaging a canoe?
(a) Centered perpendicular to the sides with handle ends on same side.
(b) Centered crisscross with handle ends on opposite sides.
(c) Parallel to the sides with handle ends in same direction,
(d) Parallel to the sides with handle ends in opposite direction.

10. Jim advised that Chief Tibeash instructed him wild animals relied on what 3 senses to protect themselves?
(a) Sight, smell, and taste.
(b) Sight, smell, and touch.
(c) Hearing, sight, and smell.
(d) Hearing, taste, and touch.

11. Some brilliant colors of male birds in June change to what by winter?
(a) They become even more intense in splendor.
(b) They diminish somewhat in their colors.
(c) They do not even appear like the same bird.
(d) They remain the same once they are fully grown.

12. Three blasts on the horn made from that of a buffalo was suggested to signal what?
(a) Help was needed.
(b) Meet to fish on my lake.
(c) Time to get up.
(d) Pie was ready.

13. The kerf of a tree was a reference to what?
(a) The first notch cut opposite of its lean.
(b) The first notch cut on the side it will fall.
(c) The second notch cut opposite of its lean.
(d) The second notch cut on the side it will fall.

14. What was described as the best hour a summer day offered?
(a) Dusk.
(b) Noon.
(c) Dawn.
(d) Midnight.

15. When shoes began to chafe, what was suggested as a means to prevent the almost certain accompanying blister?
(a) Rub candle wax inside shoe where it chafes.
(b) Rub candle wax on sock where it chafes.
(c) Wear a pair of wool socks over a pair of cotton.
(d) Cover chafing point with a moist green leaf.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the beavers store in the mud beneath their ponds as food for the winter?

2. What did Hank once make a model of?

3. Jim ranked his fishing skills from best to worst in what order?

4. When Chief Tibeash planned a trip he would go and look at the grass just before he turned in at night for what reason?

5. Jim related how he once capsized when he canoed about 5 days out from civilization, but he kept his matches dry how?

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