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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Camp Meat.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On a frosty August morning, what animals does Dick see feeding on a grassy slope above Glacier Creek in "Camp Meat"?
(a) Ducks.
(b) Bears.
(c) Caribou.
(d) Rams.

2. What does Dick use to make a wash bucket, wash pan, and flour and storage cans before he moves out of Spike's cabin?
(a) Old water containers.
(b) Recycled waste baskets.
(c) Empty gas can.
(d) Empty plastic buckets.

3. What do the hunters have in their canoe as they paddle up the lake on the day Dick builds a small fire in his fireplace?
(a) Caribou.
(b) Equipment.
(c) Fish.
(d) Ram.

4. What item does Dick find at the hunters' tent camp that is useful to him?
(a) Bottle of soda.
(b) Kettle.
(c) Styrofoam chest with a box of matches inside.
(d) Coffee.

5. What is the name of the creek where Dick goes fishing after he gets settled in Spike's cabin?
(a) Little Creek.
(b) Hope Creek.
(c) Stillwater Creek.
(d) Winding Creek.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Dick say a person living alone has to do in "The Birth of a Cabin"?

2. What did the jar have in it that Dick opened when he got to Spike's cabin the first evening he arrives?

3. How long does Dick anticipate letting the fireplace mortar dry before he builds a normal-sized fire?

4. What wildlife does Dick see that makes him anxious to begin the fireplace project?

5. What is located 75 feet from the bay and situated on a knolltop?

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