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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. November included many gray days with heavy rolling clouds that reminded Chief Tibeash of what animals?
(a) Large flocks of gray geese.
(b) Giant schools of Great Lakes fish.
(c) Big hunting wolf packs.
(d) Great migrating caribou herds.

2. Three blasts on the horn made from that of a buffalo was suggested to signal what?
(a) Pie was ready.
(b) Time to get up.
(c) Meet to fish on my lake.
(d) Help was needed.

3. Some brilliant colors of male birds in June change to what by winter?
(a) They do not even appear like the same bird.
(b) They remain the same once they are fully grown.
(c) They become even more intense in splendor.
(d) They diminish somewhat in their colors.

4. A pair of canoes were sometimes lashed together how far apart with saplings across the stern and forward thwarts?
(a) A few inches.
(b) A few feet apart.
(c) Approximately five feet apart or more.
(d) Tight together.

5. It was noted that tree swallows ate what else beyond insects as few other swallows did?
(a) Nuts.
(b) Minnows.
(c) Tadpoles.
(d) Berries.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What was it Chief Tibeash suggested Hank's ice boat would be suitable for chasing when these animals crossed the lake?

3. A cold room in the ground was built of double board walls separated by 2"x4" uprights, and the space between filled with what substance?

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

5. What was Hank's "ice boat" constructed from that had his canoe sail rigged to it?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Jim note about their canoes as the men's camping trip approached?

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

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

4. How did Jim describe weather signs?

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

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

7. What were the things Jim noted about July?

8. How did Jim describe the first time he went alone to try his horn of birch bark to call for moose?

9. How was the game of snow-snakes played?

10. What were recommendations about smoked cheese?

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