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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 the term used when the early morning mist that hung over the lake was referred to?
(a) "Phantom fog."
(b) "Spiderweb."
(c) "Translucent silk."
(d) "Ghosts' breath."

2. 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 buntings.
(b) Snow geese.
(c) Snowbirds.
(d) Snow owls.

3. Jim obtained the speeds for a wind gauge he built when he tested it in what manner?
(a) Against a car speedometer when held out the window.
(b) Against a wind gauge at a forest station.
(c) Against a wind gauge at a high school science lab.
(d) Against a wind gauge at an airport.

4. What did the term "cache" mean?
(a) A canoe made from tree branches, bark, and gum.
(b) A hidden storage place for provisions.
(c) A semi-permanent encampment.
(d) A magnetized piece of metal serving as a compass.

5. The remedy offered for metal that got so cold that it chipped was to heat it until it was dull red before it was plunged into what?
(a) A bucket of packed snow.
(b) A pail of tree sap.
(c) A cold spring.
(d) A can of oil.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Jim stored all his "treasured things" in an old chest that he kept where?

3. Jim related the story of a man who fed, tamed, and finally broke to harness a calf bull moose that pulled his what?

4. Jim stated he one day hoped to glue together thin strips of white holly and dark wood into a block to carve a what?

5. Jim constructed new furniture during the rainy season in April and provided a diagram to show how he built what?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Jim observe about the lumberjacks?

2. How did Jim take the reader through the change of seasons?

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

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

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

6. What did Jim describe he did with his canoe in March?

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

8. What were Jim's plans for his garden in April?

9. What story did Jim relate about a lumberjack he identified as Sam?

10. What took place as the weather began to get warmer in March?

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