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

2. What did the old lay in "I Meet One of My Own Kind" say killed chickens in the area?
(a) Hawks.
(b) Mr. Riley's three-legged dog.
(c) Fox.
(d) Coyotes.

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

4. In "I Hole Up in a Snowstorm," how long has it been since Sam ran away from home?
(a) 10 months.
(b) 12 months.
(c) 8 months.
(d) 11 months.

5. What type of wood did Sam use that produced a tarry smoke and ruined the fish he was trying to preserve?
(a) Walnut.
(b) Pine.
(c) Aspen.
(d) Ash.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of trees did Sam find when he first found his family's farm?

2. What did everyone do when Sam told them his plans to live in the mountains?

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. In what mountain range does Sam live?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who was Bando and how did he happen to be sleeping in the woods?

2. How did Sam make a home on his mountain?

3. What did Miss Turner do for Sam before he left in "The King's Provider?"

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

5. What did Sam find that seemed to be the foundation of the old house and what did he find there?

6. How did Sam make salt in "I Learn to Season My Food"?

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

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

9. How did Sam get the first fish he caught cooked and learn how to start a fire?

10. How did Sam find the old Gribley farm?

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