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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. How many steps were diagrammed as the procedure for a single individual to shoulder a canoe?

2. Jim, Chief Tibeash, and Hank made their summer trip by canoe to Lake Waweashkashing, which meant what?

3. Teams often left their logging camps around what time, with only the cook and his crew remaining?

4. It was noted that tree swallows ate what else beyond insects as few other swallows did?

5. Jim built a pot that made a little fuel go far like one he read about used in what country where a handful of grass cooked a whole pot of stew?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Jim have to say about fishing on the camping trip with Chief Tibeash and Hank?

2. How did Jim stipulate he went when he traveled?

3. How was the game of snow-snakes played?

4. How did Jim once evade the danger of the woods on fire?

5. What did Jim note about the two young men who visited Hank by canoe?

6. What did Jim note about a deer mouse in his cabin he viewed as his pet?

7. How did the Indians construct their stilts?

8. What was one way Chief Tibeash liked to demonstrate how good a woodsman he was to Jim?

9. How did Jim describe weather signs?

10. What was the reason Jim carried needles?

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

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.

Essay Topic 3

Jim was proud of making do with what he had at hand, and he frequently constructed things himself. Consider how his book reflected this. What were various examples of when and how he employed this style?

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