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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. When shoes began to chafe, what was suggested as a means to prevent the almost certain accompanying blister?
(a) Rub candle wax inside shoe where it chafes.
(b) Cover chafing point with a moist green leaf.
(c) Rub candle wax on sock where it chafes.
(d) Wear a pair of wool socks over a pair of cotton.

2. Jim noted that Chief Tibeash eyed everything when on the trail and walked as quietly as what animal?
(a) An ostrich.
(b) An deer.
(c) A coyote.
(d) A lynx.

3. Jim built a pot that made a little fuel go far like one he read about used in what country where a handful of grass cooked a whole pot of stew?
(a) Tibet.
(b) South Africa.
(c) Afghanistan.
(d) Mongolia.

4. Gabby was what type of bird that remained through the winter instead of flying south?
(a) A goose.
(b) A barn owl.
(c) A moosebird.
(d) A mockingbird.

5. Jim noted he always took along what item on long canoe trips?
(a) A tin of pine sap and tar for repairing holes.
(b) A square of oiled balloon cloth for a sail.
(c) A leeboard to reduce drift to the leeward side.
(d) Several extra paddles of different lengths.

Short Answer Questions

1. Although hard on the shoulders, how was it suggested paddles might be lashed for portaging a canoe?

2. Chief Tibeash said the herring gulls in their region were apt to do what when a storm approached?

3. Whose idea was it to construct a "scrap-pile radio" from odds and ends found around a north woods camp that was diagrammed?

4. What was recommended about magnetizing needles?

5. November included many gray days with heavy rolling clouds that reminded Chief Tibeash of what animals?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Jim stipulate was needed in the way of provisions during a camping trip?

2. What were some points Jim noted about photograph blinds?

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

4. How did Jim describe weather signs?

5. What were the things Jim noted about July?

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

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

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

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

10. How did Jim once evade the danger of the woods on fire?

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