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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. The Cache Lake country was a land of what type of terrain?

2. Jim enjoyed a feeling of danger in which seasonal air?

3. How many northern lakes had author John J. "Jim" Rowlands said he had seen when he happened upon Cache Lake?

4. How was Chief Tibeash's hunting sled curved up in the front?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What fundamental information did Jim relate about wolves?

2. What did Jim observe about the lumberjacks?

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

4. What story did Jim relate about a lumberjack he identified as Sam?

5. What sort of month was May for Jim?

6. What observations did Jim provide in regard to camping outdoors in cold weather?

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

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

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

10. How did Jim come to construct his cabin on Cache Lake?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

What procedures were described as basics for ice fishing? What minimal equipment was necessary and how was it to be utilized? Once caught, what procedure was related as to how uncooked fish could be frozen?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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