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

2. What does Dick nickname the "camp robber"?
(a) Squirrel.
(b) Rabbit.
(c) Gray jay.
(d) Bear.

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

4. To write this book, what does Sam Keith use of Dick Proenneke's?
(a) Magazine essays.
(b) Journals.
(c) Books.
(d) Newspaper articles.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Dick divide up his cargo to haul to Spike's cabin in the Twins?

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

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

4. Where did Dick work in the 1940s?

5. What does Dick use wildfire greens for in "The Birth of a Cabin"?

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