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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Sam's dad try to run away to, but got scared and went back home?
(a) Boat bound for Hong Kong.
(b) New York.
(c) Boat bound for Singapore.
(d) Farm.

2. How many knotholes did Sam chipped out to allow fresh air in?
(a) 3.
(b) 2.
(c) 4.
(d) 1.

3. What day did Sam decide to build a pit for a deer to catch one?
(a) June 20.
(b) June 30.
(c) June 18.
(d) June 1.

4. "In the King's Provider" after Sam left the library and cooked some food, how long did he have to wait to see the falcons?
(a) 30 minutes.
(b) 2 hours.
(c) An hour.
(d) 45 minutes.

5. In what type of tree is Sam's tree home?
(a) Elm.
(b) Hemlock.
(c) Maple.
(d) Oak.

6. In "I Hole Up in a Snowstorm," what does Sam say he was doing when the snowstorm approached?
(a) Preserving berries.
(b) Smoking three catfish.
(c) Smoking three trout.
(d) Tanning hides.

7. When Sam climbed down from the falcon nest with a baby falcon, where did he put Frightful?
(a) Nest of dried leaves.
(b) A hole under a tree root.
(c) Hollow log.
(d) Nest of buttercups.

8. In "I Learn to Season My Food," what did Sam use to make salt?
(a) Hickory sticks.
(b) Walnuts.
(c) Acorns.
(d) Apple twigs.

9. What did Sam use for a calendar?
(a) Maple pole.
(b) Oak branch.
(c) Birch branch.
(d) Aspen pole.

10. In "I Find a Real Man," what did the man want to call Sam?
(a) Thoreau.
(b) Audubon.
(c) Linneas.
(d) Burroughs.

11. Who in Sam's family had owned land in the Catskill Mountains?
(a) Great-grandfather Gribley.
(b) Great-uncle Gribley.
(c) His father.
(d) His uncle.

12. How many brothers does Sam have?
(a) 4.
(b) 3.
(c) 2.
(d) 6.

13. What type of trees did Sam find when he first found his family's farm?
(a) Pear and Oak.
(b) Elm and Ash
(c) Hemlock and Maple.
(d) Apple and Walnut.

14. In "The King's Provider," what did Sam eat after he left the library?
(a) Bananas.
(b) Blackberries.
(c) May apples.
(d) Blueberries.

15. How long does the blizzard last that Sam writes about in "I Hole Up in a Snowstorm"?
(a) 3 days.
(b) 24 hours.
(c) 2 days.
(d) 18 hours.

Short Answer Questions

1. How large in diameter was the tree that housed Sam's tree home?

2. Who taught Sam how to make fire when he first got to the mountains?

3. Where was Sam injured from the mother falcon when he took Frightful?

4. In "Frightful Learns Her ABCs," what would eat the food that Sam left for The Baron Weasel?

5. When did Sam leave his home and come to live in the mountains?

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