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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Chief Tibeash refer to deep-water trolling using copper wire 100 yards long and a single pound sinker?
(a) "Provision fishing."
(b) "Ration fishing."
(c) "Stock fishing."
(d) "Supply fishing."

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

3. It was said that mosquito netting was too course to keep out what?
(a) Fireflies.
(b) Beetles.
(c) Cockroaches.
(d) Black flies.

4. How many steps were shown in how to heft a heavy pack onto one's back?
(a) 1.
(b) 2.
(c) 3.
(d) 4.

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

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

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

8. 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) Skates.
(d) Sliding sticks.

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

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

11. 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) Rolled tightly around a long pole that rested on two men's shoulders.
(d) Lashed like a horseshoe over the back of a pack mule.

12. Conifers bear evergreen needles and cones, while deciduous shed leaves annually. Which 3 were called "deciduous conifer"?
(a) Tamarack, hackmatack, and black larch.
(b) Balsam fir, eastern hemlock, and tamarack.
(c) Northern pine, balsam fir, and weeping willow.
(d) Larch, western juniper, and black fir.

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

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

15. Instead of the usual runners constructed of split ash, two old skis made of what wood were used for Tripper's sled?
(a) Elm.
(b) Oak.
(c) Hickory.
(d) Maple.

Short Answer Questions

1. Teams often left their logging camps around what time, with only the cook and his crew remaining?

2. The kerf of a tree was a reference to what?

3. 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?

4. Diagrams and instructions were provided on how to construct what pair of aids for making one's way across the frozen lakes?

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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