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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 traveling in August, what food was suggested one could rely on obtaining by "living off the land" to supplement rations taken?
(a) None.
(b) All meat, fish, fruits, and vegetation.
(c) Fruits, nuts, and some vegetation.
(d) All meat and fish.

2. Conifers bear evergreen needles and cones, while deciduous shed leaves annually. Which 3 were called "deciduous conifer"?
(a) Tamarack, hackmatack, and black larch.
(b) Northern pine, balsam fir, and weeping willow.
(c) Balsam fir, eastern hemlock, and tamarack.
(d) Larch, western juniper, and black fir.

3. How long was a side of bacon hung in the smokehouse?
(a) Several days.
(b) 6-12 hours.
(c) 1 full week.
(d) 12-24 hours.

4. When he tracked a bear in light snow and saw it wandered here and there, Chief Tibeash said that indicated it had likely done what?
(a) Explored for food.
(b) Sought a hibernation spot.
(c) Looked for a missing cub.
(d) Ferreted out a mate.

5. Benasee Jewan, the Indian term for September, meant what?
(a) "The Leaves Change Color and Fall."
(b) "The Moon When the Birds Fly Away."
(c) "The Moon Before Snow Arrives."
(d) "The Northern Lights Begin to Play."

Short Answer Questions

1. Jim advised that Chief Tibeash instructed him wild animals relied on what 3 senses to protect themselves?

2. It was said that mosquito netting was too course to keep out what?

3. How was a mattress that was ordered from a catalog transported to Cache Lake?

4. June brought with it the first of the Cree families for the summer that came by birch canoe to settle in where?

5. Snowshoe rabbits were very alert for owls, foxes, and weasels, but sometimes a sound similar to what marked a rabbit's end?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What was the reason Jim carried needles?

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

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

5. How did the Indians construct their stilts?

6. What were the things Jim noted about July?

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

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

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

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

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