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

2. What type of food was Jessie James Coon an expert at digging out?
(a) Grubs.
(b) Mussels.
(c) Fungi.
(d) Clams.

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

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

5. What did Sam's father used to tell him marked the northern border of Gribley's land?
(a) Oak with Gribley carved on it.
(b) A carved stone.
(c) Beech with Gribley carved on it.
(d) A stone wall.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Sam come across the tree and make a home inside it?

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

3. How many falcon babies were in the nest when Sam took one of the nestlings?

4. How much of a hike was it up the mountain for hikers who wanted to see the gorge?

5. In "I Find a Real Man," what did the man want to call Sam?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What did Sam find on his Great-grandfather's farm when he went exploring?

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

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

8. How did Sam find the old Gribley farm?

9. Once Sam's home was done, what did he do on warm evenings?

10. Why did Sam disagree with most people who said that trout were hard to catch?

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