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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 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) Jim Handy.
(b) Josh Smythe.
(c) Pete Davison.
(d) Bob Williams.

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

3. What type of berries does Sam hang on his door Christmas eve?
(a) Winterberries.
(b) Teaberries.
(c) Blaeberry.
(d) Holly.

4. Who does Bando quote as he carves the steak on Christmas day?
(a) Shakespeare.
(b) Thoreau.
(c) Steinbeck.
(d) Dickens.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In "The Autumn Provides Food and Loneliness," what appeared in the meadow that Frightful hopped around the meadow snagging?

2. 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"?

3. At the beginning of "Trouble Begins," what was the date?

4. In "I PIle Up Wood and Go on with Winter," what did Sam hear that made him feel he had time to chop wood?

5. Where did men camp the third day of camping season?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Sam make a deer hide jacket?

2. How does Bando serve Sam's dad after the first course of onion soup?

3. How does Sam's dad greet him when he comes to see Sam?

4. How did Sam haul the clay he used for his fireplace?

5. How did Sam invite his neighbor animals to come to a party for Halloween?

6. How does Sam's dad react when he first sees Frightful?

7. At the end of the first week of hunting season, how close did Sam get to a hunter?

8. Where does Sam get wood and store it in "I Pile up Wood and Go on with Winter"?

9. How did Sam and Frightful like the crickets in the meadow in "The Autumn Provides Food and Loneliness"?

10. What made Sam realize that he needed ventilation when he used his furnace?

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