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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Birth of a Cabin.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is located 75 feet from the bay and situated on a knolltop?
(a) Campground.
(b) Dick's building site.
(c) A hunter's cabin.
(d) Spike's cabin.

2. What kind of hotcakes does Dick make for his first breakfast in the wilderness?
(a) Sourdough.
(b) Buttermilk.
(c) Honey.
(d) Cinnamon.

3. What is the setting of Dick's wilderness experience?
(a) Iowa.
(b) Alaska.
(c) Washington state.
(d) British Columbia.

4. What does Dick build the first week of June?
(a) Outbuilding.
(b) Dock.
(c) Roof skeleton.
(d) Cache.

5. What does Dick say a person living alone has to do in "The Birth of a Cabin"?
(a) Write a lot of letters.
(b) Read books.
(c) Get things down to a system.
(d) Sing.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are Grizzly Eggs?

2. Where did Dick work in the 1940s?

3. What kind of sandwiches did Mary Alsworth pack for Dick that he ate his first night in the wilderness?

4. What does Dick do in the last four days in May in "The Birth of a Cabin"?

5. What is Dick distracted by when he notches the wrong end of a log?

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