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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. What type of wood did Sam use that produced a tarry smoke and ruined the fish he was trying to preserve?

2. In August what did Sam find made a good flour?

3. What month did Sam finish making a pair of deer skin pants?

4. What was the temperature in "I Hole Up in a Snowstorm"?

5. Where does The Baron live?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. How did Sam like to eat frogs?

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

7. 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"?

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

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

10. How did Sam find the old Gribley farm?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

From September on, everything in the forest seemed to be preparing for winter. How did the forest creatures prepare for winter?

Essay Topic 2

Sam worked hard to prepare for winter. What preparations did Sam make for winter and were they enough?

Essay Topic 3

Sam started to get sick in January. Why did Sam begin to get sick and how did he heal himself?

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