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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. Whose idea was it to construct a "scrap-pile radio" from odds and ends found around a north woods camp that was diagrammed?

2. It was noted that logging was not what it was 40 years ago when, a time when what were used?

3. What was given as the reason there was always something of interest that went on at Cache Lake?

4. It was suggested that "butterflies seem to dress to suit" what?

5. September days were described as often having been clear and feeling what?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was it Jim noted about Hank's black and white pet?

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

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

4. What did Indians that left their summer lake sites generally take back with them to northern trapping grounds?

5. What was noted about blisters?

6. Why did Jim view August as among the best times to travel?

7. How did the Indians construct their stilts?

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

9. What were some points Jim noted about photograph blinds?

10. Why did Jim observe June to have been a good family month in the woods?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Jim's' lake had no name when he initially arrived, but he eventually bestowed the name Cache Lake upon it after having given it much thought. What were the reasons he selected that name?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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