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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 Singapore.
(b) Farm.
(c) New York.
(d) Boat bound for Hong Kong.

2. "In the King's Provider," what does Sam have for breakfast?
(a) Arrow-leaf and mussels.
(b) May apples and peppermint tea.
(c) Acorn pancakes and jam.
(d) Trout.

3. What type of fish did Sam catch after he left the library in "The King's Provider"?
(a) Trout.
(b) Perch.
(c) Catfish.
(d) Rockfish.

4. What was the temperature in "I Hole Up in a Snowstorm"?
(a) Just below freezing.
(b) -8 degrees.
(c) 11 degrees.
(d) Below zero.

5. How high was the fireplace in Sam's tree home?
(a) 4 feet.
(b) Shoulder high.
(c) Knee high.
(d) 3 feet.

6. How long would Sam boil mussels before he would eat them?
(a) 7 minutes.
(b) 8 minutes.
(c) 5 minutes.
(d) 10 minutes.

7. How many minutes did Sam have to clean up in "How a Door Came to Me" after he found a dead deer?
(a) 10 minutes.
(b) 15 minutes.
(c) 3 minutes.
(d) 4 minutes.

8. In "What I Did About the First Man Who Was After Me," what type of flower bulbs did Sam use for rabbit soup?
(a) Jack-in-the-Pulpit.
(b) Daffodil.
(c) Tulip.
(d) Dogtooth violets.

9. In what mountain range does Sam live?
(a) Catskills.
(b) Appalachian.
(c) Adirondack.
(d) Smoky.

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

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

12. What did everyone do when Sam told them his plans to live in the mountains?
(a) Laughed.
(b) Tried to get him to change his mind.
(c) Yelled.
(d) Told him he was crazy.

13. How much of a hike was it up the mountain for hikers who wanted to see the gorge?
(a) 5 miles.
(b) 8 miles.
(c) 4 miles.
(d) 3 miles.

14. In "I Learn to Season My Food," what type of trap did Sam check?
(a) Metal.
(b) Box.
(c) Deadfall.
(d) Snare.

15. Where did Sam know that he could get tannic acid to tan the hide of the deer that the poacher shot in "How a Door Came to Me"?
(a) Pine tree.
(b) Spruce tree.
(c) Oak tree.
(d) Walnut tree.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "I Hole Up in a Snowstorm," what does Sam say he was doing when the snowstorm approached?

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

3. What was the name of a man in "Frightful Learns Her ABCs" who sat on the Baron's rock with his wife to have a picnic?

4. in "I Find a Real Man," what did Sam hear before he found a man in the woods?

5. in "What I Did About the First Man Who Was After Me," who was the man that came to Sam's tree home?

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