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

2. 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) Mongolia.
(b) South Africa.
(c) Afghanistan.
(d) Tibet.

3. Striking two chunks of pyrite yielded sparks that could kindle a fire, and iron pyrite was commonly called what?
(a) Fool's Gold.
(b) Sparkling Gold.
(c) 2 Karat Gold.
(d) Yellow Gold.

4. What did Chief Tibeash refer to deep-water trolling using copper wire 100 yards long and a single pound sinker?
(a) "Stock fishing."
(b) "Supply fishing."
(c) "Provision fishing."
(d) "Ration fishing."

5. What was described as the best hour a summer day offered?
(a) Dusk.
(b) Midnight.
(c) Dawn.
(d) Noon.

Short Answer Questions

1. Pictures of what animals were noted to be about the most difficult to get?

2. How long was a side of bacon hung in the smokehouse?

3. What was Hank's view of most people when they snapped photographs?

4. How many steps were shown in how to heft a heavy pack onto one's back?

5. When traveling in August, what food was suggested one could rely on obtaining by "living off the land" to supplement rations taken?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did the Indians construct their stilts?

2. How did Jim describe weather signs?

3. Why did Jim view August as among the best times to travel?

4. Why did Jim observe June to have been a good family month in the woods?

5. What was it Chief Tibeash explained to Jim about the tracks of a large dog wolf revealed?

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

7. What did Jim note about the two young men who visited Hank by canoe?

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

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 describe about tent options?

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