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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 did the term "cache" mean?

2. The stars on February nights were compared with sparkling jewels of what color on a black background?

3. The scent of what animals troubled deer and moose the most?

4. In Chapter 5, Jim knew it would not be long after the ice broke up that what would happen?

5. What birds were seen as they first flew up and struck weed tops, and then settled and fed on seeds that fell in the snow?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happened after Chief Tibeash told Jim about an Indian who owned some husky pups?

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

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

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

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

6. What did Jim recall when he made one visit to Hank's in January?

7. What sort of month was May for Jim?

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

9. What fundamental information did Jim relate about wolves?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

How did Jim know that the sap had begun? What processes did he, Hank, and Chief Tibeash follow in collecting sap and producing syrup and sugar? How did their ways differ from earlier Indian approaches? What recommendations were offered? What RESPECTIVE quantities of sap did it take to yield a gallon of syrup and a pound of sugar?

Essay Topic 3

What was a heliograph used for? What steps did Jim detail were to be taken to construct a heliograph from components on hand? In what manner was a heliograph to be utilized?

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