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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. It was noted that logging was not what it was 40 years ago when, a time when what were used?
(a) Big horses.
(b) Chainsaws.
(c) Mules.
(d) Oxen.

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

3. 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) A few feet apart.
(c) A few inches.
(d) Tight together.

4. Tiger, black, and spicebush swallowtails were three types of what depicted in the chapter covering July?
(a) Turtles.
(b) Birds.
(c) Butterflies.
(d) Caterpillars.

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

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

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

8. 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) "Mirror of the sky above."
(d) "A grassy place in the water."

9. In September, the Indians who had arrived for the summer headed where at this time?
(a) West for caves.
(b) South for warmer weather.
(c) East for coastal waters.
(d) North for trapping grounds.

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

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

12. 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 creepers.
(c) Ice boots.
(d) Ice climbers.

13. Teams often left their logging camps around what time, with only the cook and his crew remaining?
(a) After breakfast around 8 a.m.
(b) Shortly after 3 a.m.
(c) Shortly before sunrise.
(d) Shortly after sunrise.

14. 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) 1-2 days.
(d) For the following morning.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. November included many gray days with heavy rolling clouds that reminded Chief Tibeash of what animals?

2. June brought with it the first of the Cree families for the summer that came by birch canoe to settle in where?

3. Chief Tibeash said the herring gulls in their region were apt to do what when a storm approached?

4. The diagram of the trail cooking outfit showed a metal plate, bowl, cup, and pails made from what metal?

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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