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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 did the beavers store in the mud beneath their ponds as food for the winter?
(a) Old, sweet woods.
(b) Full-grown, dry marsh grasses.
(c) Fallen, young pine cones..
(d) Young, sweet woods.

2. A harness of what type hide was made for Tripper to get him adjusted to pulling a sled by initially pulling a dead spruce piece?
(a) Moose.
(b) Possum.
(c) Deer.
(d) Beaver.

3. How was a mattress that was ordered from a catalog transported to Cache Lake?
(a) Lashed like a horseshoe over the back of a pack mule.
(b) Rolled tightly inside a pontoon plane cabin.
(c) Stretched centered and lashed atop the wings of a pontoon plane.
(d) Rolled tightly around a long pole that rested on two men's shoulders.

4. How much flour was recommended could be substituted per each loaf of bread taken for a week's venture?
(a) None.
(b) 1/4 lbs.
(c) 1/2 lbs.
(d) 1/3 lbs.

5. A fire piston, which worked on the principle that air got extremely hot when compressed, might reach over how many degrees Fahrenheit?
(a) 350.
(b) 180.
(c) 800.
(d) 220.

Short Answer Questions

1. When shoes began to chafe, what was suggested as a means to prevent the almost certain accompanying blister?

2. Experienced sled dogs were said to work best when fed at what time of day?

3. Conifers bear evergreen needles and cones, while deciduous shed leaves annually. Which 3 were called "deciduous conifer"?

4. Jim noted that Chief Tibeash eyed everything when on the trail and walked as quietly as what animal?

5. Jim like a balsam bed when he camped, but suggested one might use what?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Jim stipulate he went when he traveled?

2. What did Jim describe about tent options?

3. What was the reason Jim carried needles?

4. What did Indians that left their summer lake sites generally take back with them to northern trapping grounds?

5. What did Jim note about a deer mouse in his cabin he viewed as his pet?

6. What was it Jim noted about Hank's black and white pet?

7. What were the things Jim noted about July?

8. What was one way Chief Tibeash liked to demonstrate how good a woodsman he was to Jim?

9. Chief Tibeash would likely get angry if he was called suspicious, but what was one of his beliefs Jim observed?

10. What did Jim have to say about fishing on the camping trip with Chief Tibeash and Hank?

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