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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why was August identified as the most favorable time for traveling in the north woods?
(a) Black flies, mosquitoes, and midges were nearly gone.
(b) The weather tended to be comfortable with cooling days.
(c) Days and nights were warm and usually settled.
(d) It was the harvest season with cool days and nights.

2. What was recommended about magnetizing needles?
(a) Do small ones north-south, large ones south-north.
(b) Do large ones north-south, small ones south-north.
(c) Always do all of them in the same direction.
(d) Always magnetize but the direction did not matter.

3. Rice was considered an essential ration for what reason?
(a) It mixed well with many foods.
(b) It needed only to be boiled.
(c) It was among the healthiest.
(d) It took little room and was light.

4. Jim, Chief Tibeash, and Hank made their summer trip by canoe to Lake Waweashkashing, which meant what?
(a) "Peace beneath the falls."
(b) "A sandy shore all around."
(c) "A grassy place in the water."
(d) "Mirror of the sky above."

5. Chief Tibeash dried fish in the sun, removed the gills and eyes, then wrapped them well separated in dry moss to keep them for how long?
(a) 3 days.
(b) Later that night.
(c) For the following morning.
(d) 1-2 days.

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

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

8. Snowshoe rabbits were very alert for owls, foxes, and weasels, but sometimes a sound similar to what marked a rabbit's end?
(a) The howl of a small hurt dog.
(b) The scream of a hurt child.
(c) The cry of a hurt chicken.
(d) The squeal of a hurt squirrel.

9. 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) Stretched centered and lashed atop the wings of a pontoon plane.
(d) Rolled tightly inside a pontoon plane cabin.

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

11. What did Hank once make a model of?
(a) His cabin and trees.
(b) An Indian tepee.
(c) A birch canoe.
(d) A logging camp.

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

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

14. Jim noted the distance from his cabin to Faraway See Hill, where he and Chief Tibeash looked over the fall colors annually, was what?
(a) 3 miles straightaway, 6 by trail.
(b) 5 miles straightaway, 8 by trail.
(c) 2 miles straightaway, 5 by trail.
(d) 4 miles straightaway, 7 by trail.

15. A cold room in the ground was built of double board walls separated by 2"x4" uprights, and the space between filled with what substance?
(a) Sawdust.
(b) Pine cones.
(c) Wood chips.
(d) Sand.

Short Answer Questions

1. It was noted that logging was not what it was 40 years ago when, a time when what were used?

2. Some brilliant colors of male birds in June change to what by winter?

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

4. Experienced sled dogs were said to work best when fed at what time of day?

5. 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?

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