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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many steps were diagrammed as the procedure for a single individual to shoulder a canoe?
(a) 3.
(b) 4.
(c) 1.
(d) 2.

2. Jim like a balsam bed when he camped, but suggested one might use what?
(a) A feather bed.
(b) A folding cot.
(c) A hammock.
(d) An air mattress.

3. Benasee Jewan, the Indian term for September, meant what?
(a) "The Leaves Change Color and Fall."
(b) "The Northern Lights Begin to Play."
(c) "The Moon When the Birds Fly Away."
(d) "The Moon Before Snow Arrives."

4. An unpleasant smell that sometimes indicated the approach of nasty weather was the rainy, earthy odor noticed prior, especially where?
(a) Near marshy places or muddy ponds.
(b) On high, heavily wooded ridge lines.
(c) Along a rocky, quickly moving rivers.
(d) On high, open watersheds.

5. June brought with it the first of the Cree families for the summer that came by birch canoe to settle in where?
(a) Cache Lake.
(b) Beaver Tail Lake.
(c) Snow Goose Lake.
(d) Shining Tree Lake.

6. November included many gray days with heavy rolling clouds that reminded Chief Tibeash of what animals?
(a) Big hunting wolf packs.
(b) Large flocks of gray geese.
(c) Great migrating caribou herds.
(d) Giant schools of Great Lakes fish.

7. What was it Chief Tibeash suggested Hank's ice boat would be suitable for chasing when these animals crossed the lake?
(a) Foxes.
(b) Lynxes.
(c) Deer.
(d) Wolves.

8. What was Hank's view of most people when they snapped photographs?
(a) They did not keep sunlight behind them.
(b) They were not close enough.
(c) They were too close.
(d) They took too few.

9. Jim tried to do what if a thunderstorm came up when he was on the lake in his canoe?
(a) Remain on the lake, lay in his canoe, and bail when it passed.
(b) Head for the center of the lake, balance himself and cover up.
(c) Head for shore, pull into heavy cover, and get under it.
(d) Head for shore, pull into an open clearing, and stay close to the ground.

10. A pair of canoes were sometimes lashed together how far apart with saplings across the stern and forward thwarts?
(a) Approximately five feet apart or more.
(b) Tight together.
(c) A few inches.
(d) A few feet apart.

11. How was a mattress that was ordered from a catalog transported to Cache Lake?
(a) Rolled tightly around a long pole that rested on two men's shoulders.
(b) Lashed like a horseshoe over the back of a pack mule.
(c) Rolled tightly inside a pontoon plane cabin.
(d) Stretched centered and lashed atop the wings of a pontoon plane.

12. 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) Cover chafing point with a moist green leaf.
(c) Wear a pair of wool socks over a pair of cotton.
(d) Rub candle wax on sock where it chafes.

13. What did the beavers store in the mud beneath their ponds as food for the winter?
(a) Young, sweet woods.
(b) Fallen, young pine cones..
(c) Old, sweet woods.
(d) Full-grown, dry marsh grasses.

14. Chief Tibeash said the herring gulls in their region were apt to do what when a storm approached?
(a) Stay out of the water.
(b) Dive for fish from the air.
(c) Stay in the trees.
(d) Stay on the water or rocks.

15. Diagrams and instructions were provided on how to construct what pair of aids for making one's way across the frozen lakes?
(a) Ice creepers.
(b) Ice skates.
(c) Ice boots.
(d) Ice climbers.

Short Answer Questions

1. Jim, Chief Tibeash, and Hank made their summer trip by canoe to Lake Waweashkashing, which meant what?

2. How many steps were shown in how to heft a heavy pack onto one's back?

3. What was the main rule in a form of football that Indians played with a wood chip initially buried in an area between 2 goal sticks at each end?

4. Snowshoe rabbits were very alert for owls, foxes, and weasels, but sometimes a sound similar to what marked a rabbit's end?

5. September days were described as often having been clear and feeling what?

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