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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. In I Find a Real Man," what was Sam's favorite tea?

2. In "What I Did About the First Man Who Was After Me," what type of flower bulbs did Sam use for rabbit soup?

3. What town is the Gribley's Farm near?

4. in "I Find a Real Man," what did Sam hear before he found a man in the woods?

5. How high was the fireplace in Sam's tree home?

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

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

5. How did Sam get a deer in "How a Door Came to Me"?

6. How is Sam's tree home laid out?

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

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

9. How did Sam like to eat frogs?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Sam ran away from home. Why did Sam run and why didn't his parents stop him?

Essay Topic 2

Sam got a deer that was killed by a poacher. How did a poacher inadvertently help Sam?

Essay Topic 3

Sam's father said that Gribley's weren't made to live on the land. Why didn't Sam's father think that Sam could make it living off the land?

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