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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) Days and nights were warm and usually settled.
(b) The weather tended to be comfortable with cooling days.
(c) Black flies, mosquitoes, and midges were nearly gone.
(d) It was the harvest season with cool days and nights.

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

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

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

5. What was given as the reason there was always something of interest that went on at Cache Lake?
(a) Tripper was a comical treat to have around.
(b) Wild animals always provided more to learn about.
(c) It was never known what Hank would do next.
(d) Chief Tibeash was always teaching a new skill.

6. Jim related how he once capsized when he canoed about 5 days out from civilization, but he kept his matches dry how?
(a) In a plastic container.
(b) In a small watertight bottle.
(c) In a wax paper package.
(d) In a sap covered matchbox.

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

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

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

10. The company's plane made its last flight in November until the lake ice was solid and it could land with what equipment?
(a) Wheels on snow-cleared lake ice.
(b) Skis on snow-cleared lake ice.
(c) Skis on snow-cushioned lake ice.
(d) Wheels on snow-cushioned lake ice.

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

12. What toys did Chief Tibeash and his brothers whittle as boys for use in the winter on the lakes?
(a) Tops.
(b) Sliding boats.
(c) Sliding sticks.
(d) Skates.

13. Jim noted he always took along what item on long canoe trips?
(a) A square of oiled balloon cloth for a sail.
(b) A leeboard to reduce drift to the leeward side.
(c) Several extra paddles of different lengths.
(d) A tin of pine sap and tar for repairing holes.

14. September days were described as often having been clear and feeling what?
(a) Cool.
(b) Hot.
(c) Cold.
(d) Warm.

15. A fire piston, which worked on the principle that air got extremely hot when compressed, might reach over how many degrees Fahrenheit?
(a) 180.
(b) 350.
(c) 220.
(d) 800.

Short Answer Questions

1. Gabby was what type of bird that remained through the winter instead of flying south?

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

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

4. Jim noted the distance from his cabin to Faraway See Hill, where he and Chief Tibeash looked over the fall colors annually, was what?

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

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