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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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?
(a) Harold.
(b) Stephen.
(c) Gavin.
(d) Robert.

2. Who taught Sam how to make fire when he first got to the mountains?
(a) Bill.
(b) Andy.
(c) Chris.
(d) Pete.

3. 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.

4. In "I Get Started on This Venture," what does Sam describe using for bait to catch fish?
(a) Dragonflies.
(b) Grubs.
(c) Flies.
(d) Worms.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of fish did Sam catch after he left the library in "The King's Provider"?

2. What did Sam use for soap when he bathed in the spring?

3. In "I Learn to Season My Food," what type of trap did Sam check?

4. When Sam climbed down from the falcon nest with a baby falcon, where did he put Frightful?

5. What covered Sam's bed in his tree home?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Sam think the fire warden came to his tree home area in "The First Man Who Was After Me"?

2. What did a book that Sam read suggest to do to find edible plants?

3. Why did Sam have trouble getting tannic acid to tan his deer hide and how did he finally get it in "Frightful Learns Her ABCs"?

4. How did Sam describe the Jack-in-the-pulpit and how to eat it?

5. How did Sam get a falcon?

6. In "The Old, Old Tree," how did Sam boil water and an egg?

7. What did Frightful look like when Sam first got her?

8. How did Sam describe the spring by his tree?

9. When Sam left New York, what did he take with him?

10. How did Sam find the old Gribley farm?

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