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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 month is it when Dick meets Babe in Anchorage?
(a) August.
(b) May.
(c) October.
(d) March.

2. What does The Chugach Range remind Dick of?
(a) A great steeple.
(b) Camper trip from Nebraska.
(c) Hiking through the Appalachian moutains.
(d) Pictures from his youth.

3. What does Dick see when he is writing letters in his new cabin in "The Birth of a Cabin"?
(a) Herd of caribou.
(b) Hunters.
(c) Spike's airplane.
(d) Big brown bear.

4. When Dick forgets his lunch when he takes the canoe up the lake and watches wildlife, what does he eat?
(a) Hazel nuts.
(b) Dandelion greens.
(c) Fish.
(d) Blueberries.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Dick work in the 1940s?

2. When does Dick finish his cabin, except for the fireplace?

3. What weapons does Dick have on this wilderness adventure?

4. What does Dick use a trotline for?

5. To write this book, what does Sam Keith use of Dick Proenneke's?

(see the answer key)

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