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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Sam add to his pancakes to improve them?
(a) Hickory nuts.
(b) Dried apples.
(c) Walnuts.
(d) Dried blueberries.

2. On what day did Baron Weasel look moldy?
(a) September 30.
(b) October 15.
(c) September 11.
(d) October 5.

3. In "I Learn About Birds and People," what is a song that Bando and Sam play on the willow whistles?
(a) Holy NIght.
(b) O Come All Ye Faithful.
(c) Silent Night.
(d) Jingle Bells.

4. In "The Autumn Provides Food and Loneliness," what scared the loneliness out of Sam?
(a) Frightful.
(b) A rifle shot.
(c) Jessie Coon.
(d) Baron.

5. After Sam herded raccoons out of his tree during the end of the Halloween party, what animal was watching him?
(a) Mouse.
(b) Skunk.
(c) Mink.
(d) Red fox.

6. Where did Sam's father think Sam would have been living?
(a) A lean-to.
(b) An old shed.
(c) A cave.
(d) An old barn.

7. What is the wing span of the great horned owl that Sam sees in "I Have a Good Look at Winter and Find Spring in the Snow"?
(a) 6 feet.
(b) 5 feet.
(c) 3.5 feet.
(d) 4.5 feet.

8. Where do some of the birds spend winter nights?
(a) Tree cavity.
(b) Leaf nests.
(c) Bramble.
(d) Bushes.

9. Where did Sam's gang used to dump trashcans in New York City during Halloween?
(a) 2nd Ave.
(b) 15th Ave.
(c) 3rd Ave.
(d) 12th Ave.

10. When does Sam's dad leave the mountain?
(a) Day after New Year's.
(b) New Year's Day.
(c) 2 days after Christmas.
(d) 4 days after Christmas.

11. What was the name of the warden who was reported to have spent a night in the wilderness looking for a boy rumored to be living in the woods?
(a) Bob Williams.
(b) Josh Smythe.
(c) Jim Handy.
(d) Pete Davison.

12. What do Sam and Bando eat for dinner in "I Learn About Birds and People"?
(a) Turtle stew.
(b) Smoked fish.
(c) Venison steaks.
(d) Rabbit.

13. On November 1, what did the moon look like?
(a) A half slice of cheese.
(b) Soft silver sphere.
(c) Big as a pumpkin and as orange.
(d) Golden sliver.

14. In "I PIle Up Wood and Go on with Winter," what did Sam hear that made him feel he had time to chop wood?
(a) Nuthatches and chickadees.
(b) Crows.
(c) Hawks.
(d) Robins and jays.

15. In "The Autumn Provides Food and Loneliness," what appeared in the meadow that Frightful hopped around the meadow snagging?
(a) Mosquitoes.
(b) Crickets.
(c) Locust.
(d) Grasshoppers.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Sam have to hole up once when he gets lost in a blizzard?

2. "In I Pile up Wood and Go on with Winter," what time does Sam go back to his tree home after foraging for food?

3. What did Sam hear from the edge of the road as he walked home in "Trouble Begins"?

4. What color were the aspen leaves in September?

5. What time does Bando come to see Sam on Christmas eve?

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