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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 "Frightful Learns Her ABCs," what did Sam use to carry things he gathered?

2. Where does The Baron live?

3. What animal does Sam find in "I Learn to Season My Food" when it escapes from his trap?

4. in "What I Did About the First Man Who Was After Me," who was the man that came to Sam's tree home?

5. What did Sam use for a calendar?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. 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"?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Sam found a man sleeping near his tree that he nicknamed Bando. How did a relationship develop between Sam and Bando?

Essay Topic 2

Sam was able to survive the winter without any help. How was Sam able to be so self-sufficient?

Essay Topic 3

Sam found clever ways to get things done. How did Sam use ingenuity when he had a problem he needed to solve?

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