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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. 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 rolling beat.
(b) A crackling.
(c) An applause.
(d) A snapping.

2. Describe the appearance of Chief Tibeash?
(a) Large, stout, and having flabby, weak muscles.
(b) Medium, flacid, and having infirm, aged muscles.
(c) Tall, lean, and having tough, strong muscles.
(d) Small, lean, and having tough, strong muscles.

3. What birds were seen as they first flew up and struck weed tops, and then settled and fed on seeds that fell in the snow?
(a) Snow owls.
(b) Snowbirds.
(c) Snow geese.
(d) Snow buntings.

4. After owls have gulped their food down whole and it has digested, what was the next step for bones and fur?
(a) It was excreted in flight like other birds.
(b) It was spit out in neat, rolled pellets.
(c) It was spit out similar to a cat fur ball.
(d) It was spit out as paste to build nests.

5. Jim recalled one Thanksgiving he shared with Chief Tibeash and Hank where what was the only thing wrong?
(a) It was a week early.
(b) It was a month late.
(c) It was two weeks late.
(d) It was two weeks early.

Short Answer Questions

1. The French Canadian ovens described were made of mortar or clay on a cedar log or stone foundation, and were built how tall?

2. Jim wrote about a young man that once blazed a trail on the side he came from, and might have been lost on his return if he had not done what?

3. March was the start of the transition into the spring season, one sign of which was what?

4. What did the term "cache" mean?

5. What board that was free of knots and had a straight grain was said to have been the right stock to make a light paddle from?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happened to the ice in Cache Lake when April arrived?

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

3. How did Jim discover Cache Lake?

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

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

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

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

8. What did Jim observe about the lumberjacks?

9. What fundamental information did Jim relate about wolves?

10. What views did Jim have regarding birds that migrated?

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