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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 were the little wooden pipes used to tap sugar maples for sap called?

2. What was recommended as the first step in making one's initial pair of moccasins from moose hide?

3. When the sap was running freely, how many gallons were obtained per day from a good tree?

4. Jim had observed too many woodsmen suffering from what, to know that one could not abuse one's stomach without paying a price?

5. What is viewed "only in terms of useless effort for which there is nothing to show" by Indians?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Jim discuss related to the canoe trip he and his comrades planned?

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

3. How was Chief Tibeash identified as the headman of his tribe?

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

5. What was it Jim observed about him and his comrades as they made their way in the March snow around Cache Lake?

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

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

8. What fundamental information did Jim relate about wolves?

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

10. What did Jim and Chief Tibeash agree upon regarding food?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Jim preferred a birch bark canoe to a manufactured version. How was he able to make such a canoe? What techniques were necessary to repair and maintain a canoe constructed of birch bark? How was a canoe made from birch bark used in a different manner than a manufactured version?

Essay Topic 3

Jim devoted a considerable portion of the book to weather. What was Chief Tibeash's guideline on how the weather was to be monitored? Elaborate on how he explained this. What were a variety of signs Jim stipulated were indicative of different types of weather? What precautions were advised given potential weather conditions?

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