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

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

3. How was dynamite used to break up a log jam?
(a) It was tied to a long pole and rammed into it.
(b) It was thrown from a boat that sped off.
(c) It was dropped from a small plane flying over.
(d) It was thrown toward it from the shore.

4. The best area for partridge in the Cache Lake country was said to have been around where?
(a) Faraway See Hill.
(b) Porcupine Ridge.
(c) Manitoupeepagee River.
(d) Jumping Sand Springs.

5. What was served at the January picnic under the big spruce?
(a) Broiled fish, green beans, dumplings, and pie.
(b) Turkey, carrots, salad, and cornbread.
(c) Venison steaks, onion rings, potatoes, and biscuits.
(d) Bear steaks, squash, sweet potatoes, and rolls.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. 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?

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

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 was described as the greatest mistake a man could make leaving camp without doing?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What did snowshoe lameness result from?

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

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

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

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

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

10. What did Jim recall when he made one visit to Hank's in January?

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