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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. Jim noted that he generally cached his small canoe where?

2. Jim constructed new furniture during the rainy season in April and provided a diagram to show how he built what?

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

4. What was suggested as one way of getting ahead when one worked through new wood?

5. Jim named his new husky pup Tripper for what reasons?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What did the geologist who visited Jim after two years explain to him?

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

5. How did Jim view the stars he saw at night?

6. What did those in Cache Lake Country do to obtain sap in March?

7. How did Jim discover Cache Lake?

8. What did snowshoe lameness result from?

9. Why was January a time of rest in nature?

10. What happened to the ice in Cache Lake when April arrived?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine the bear hunt that Jim went on with Chief Tibeash and two young Indians. What was different in regard to the manner that Chief Tibeash approached the hunt? How did he view the bear and other animals? What was significant regarding the Chief's actions subsequent to killing the bear?

Essay Topic 2

What components did Jim construct a bread knife from? What alternative elements could be substituted? Discuss the steps to be followed in making it.

Essay Topic 3

In the first chapter, Jim explained how he stumbled onto Cache Lake after having canoed and portaged between perhaps 1,000 other sites prior. What was it that captured his attention? Why was he determined to return? Elaborate on how various circumstances resulted in his returning so quickly and building his cabin.

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