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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What lightweight metal was recommended for use inside a leather axe sheath to protect it and the blade?

2. What was taught as the proper way to land a canoe ashore?

3. If one did not have a compass, what was suggested one could use?

4. Along the edge of Cache Lake to the south grew alder side by side with fish-net willows and what else?

5. It was noted that when one worked hard in the woods, it brought with it a natural craving for what taste preference?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was the relevance of time for Jim at Cache Lake?

2. What outdoor event untypical for mid-winter did Jim describe?

3. What did Jim observe about Chief Tibeash's patience?

4. What did Jim begin to think about in February?

5. What was noted about March regarding animals?

6. What took place as the weather began to get warmer in March?

7. What did snowshoe lameness result from?

8. How did Jim take the reader through the change of seasons?

9. What sort of month was May for Jim?

10. What was it Jim advised everyone to avoid getting lost?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why did Jim view patience as a necessary capacity required to live together with the Indians? How did they view time? How were they capable of acting with astonishing speed without rushing around?

Essay Topic 2

Jim compared a couple of hammocks. Identify the components to be used and the steps to be followed in the construction of a barrel-stave hammock. How did he compare it with a Brazilian version a friend gave him?

Essay Topic 3

Why was it that Jim found April to be an ideal month to cast animal tracks? What was it he used the casts for? What steps did he follow and materials did he utilize to successfully cast these tracks?

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