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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 was the date at the beginning of "I Hole Up in a Snowstorm"?

2. What did Sam use for soap when he bathed in the spring?

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

4. What type of bird did Sam hear in "I Meet One of My Own Kind," when he was helping an old lady?

5. In "I Hole Up in a Snowstorm," what does Sam say his father does for a living?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why did Sam build a house that could not be seen?

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

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

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

7. How did Sam like to eat frogs?

8. How did Sam describe the spring by his tree?

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

10. How did Sam find the old Gribley farm?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Sam decided to throw a Halloween party for his animal neighbors. Why after the party was over, did Sam decide he would never again feed his animal neighbors?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

Sam had experienced loneliness in the fall. Why didn't Sam experience loneliness in the winter?

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