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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was used as a measuring wheel to construct a rough map?
(a) A barrel hoop set between a sapling's forks.
(b) A front wheel and fork of an adult bicycle.
(c) A wheel barrow minus the tub and rear support legs.
(d) A buggy wheel set between a sapling's forks.

2. What lightweight metal was recommended for use inside a leather axe sheath to protect it and the blade?
(a) Aluminum.
(b) Copper.
(c) Brass.
(d) Aluminum bronze.

3. What trees in the swamps sheltered the deer and moose during the winter?
(a) Black spruce and birch.
(b) Yellow pine and oak.
(c) Cedar and black spruce.
(d) Cedar and oak.

4. The partridges were said to make a thumping sound that escalated increasingly from a slow drumming to a strange noise similar to what?
(a) A snapping.
(b) An applause.
(c) A rolling beat.
(d) A crackling.

5. Jim stated he one day hoped to glue together thin strips of white holly and dark wood into a block to carve a what?
(a) Panda bear.
(b) Zebra.
(c) Skunk.
(d) Dalmatian.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of rivets did Hank use when he made a new sheath for his hunting knife?

2. How was dynamite used to break up a log jam?

3. Jim recommended which tool as the most valuable in the woods?

4. Great horned mother owls have nested in late February with the young beneath the mother's wings and covered in what color fuzz?

5. What Indian game was diagrammed and described that Chief Tibeash was a champion of as a boy, and shot stones and arrows?

Short Essay Questions

1. What observations did Jim provide in regard to camping outdoors in cold weather?

2. What did the geologist who visited Jim after two years explain to him?

3. How was Chief Tibeash identified as the headman of his tribe?

4. What did Jim begin to think about in February?

5. What was it Jim observed about him and his comrades as they made their way in the March snow around Cache Lake?

6. How did Jim view the stars he saw at night?

7. What did Jim and Chief Tibeash agree upon regarding food?

8. How did Jim come to construct his cabin on Cache Lake?

9. Why was January a time of rest in nature?

10. What was the relevance of time for Jim at Cache Lake?

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