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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. Jim chose what site on Cache Lake for his cabin?
(a) An inlet.
(b) An island.
(c) A knoll.
(d) A meadow.

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

3. How did Hank arrive at Cache Lake?
(a) By foot.
(b) By a dog sled.
(c) By plane.
(d) By canoe.

4. Jim noted that he generally cached his small canoe where?
(a) On Shining Tree Lake.
(b) On Snow Goose Lake.
(c) On Beaver Tail Lake.
(d) On Cache Lake.

5. What were snow goggles?
(a) Blue wraparound glasses treated with ultraviolet radiation.
(b) Goggles with photogray lenses treated with ultraviolet radiation.
(c) Cardboard or soft pinewood goggles with thin slit cuts for vision.
(d) Metallic gray sunglasses treated with ultraviolet radiation.

Short Answer Questions

1. Jim described how he made a bread knife from what type of blade?

2. What mythological figure was January named after that had two faces so he could look ahead and behind simultaneously?

3. What did the term "cache" mean?

4. Jim, who favored what particular bird types, together with Hank made specific styles of houses to attract those they liked?

5. Hank sometimes made his own candles when he used the bark slipped from what small decayed saplings to mold them?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What sort of month was May for Jim?

3. What was noted about March regarding animals?

4. What was it Jim advised everyone to avoid getting lost?

5. What happened after Chief Tibeash told Jim about an Indian who owned some husky pups?

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

7. What did snowshoe lameness result from?

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

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

10. What did Jim discuss related to the canoe trip he and his comrades planned?

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