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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 noted many changes in the ways the Indians lived during the 30 years he had known them, except that most still did what?
(a) Maintained respect for all things in nature.
(b) Used hand-made cutting instruments.
(c) Wore moccasins year-round.
(d) Clung to birch bark canoes.

2. What type of rivets did Hank use when he made a new sheath for his hunting knife?
(a) Copper.
(b) Stainless steel.
(c) Brass.
(d) Aircraft aluminum.

3. What was suggested as the first step to dry moccasins?
(a) Place them near the stove.
(b) Rub them with moose fat.
(c) Stuff them with bent birch twigs.
(d) Scrape out the moisture.

4. Jim's memories of his grandmother having read to him as a youngster from "Swiss Family Robinson" were always stirred by what?
(a) His whistling kettle when he boiled water.
(b) The breeze when it stirred the trees.
(c) The creaking of his chair when he rocked in it.
(d) The rain when it dropped on his tin roof.

5. Jim stored all his "treasured things" in an old chest that he kept where?
(a) On the covered porch.
(b) Under his bunk.
(c) Under the steps.
(d) Out in his shed.

Short Answer Questions

1. What were the little wooden pipes used to tap sugar maples for sap called?

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

3. What were noted as the keys to surviving in the wilderness, finding one's way about, and avoiding possible dangers?

4. Jim and Hank ventured to the dam located where each spring to determine how the beaver had fared the previous winter?

5. What was recommended as the first step in making one's initial pair of moccasins from moose hide?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did those in Cache Lake Country do to obtain sap in March?

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

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

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

5. What did Jim relate about the bear hunt he went on with Chief Tibeash in March?

6. What did Jim observe about Chief Tibeash's patience?

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

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

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

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

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