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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of sandwiches did Mary Alsworth pack for Dick that he ate his first night in the wilderness?
(a) Turkey.
(b) Caribou.
(c) Ham.
(d) Peanut butter and jelly.

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

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

4. What do Spike and Hope Carrithers lend to Dick?
(a) Television.
(b) Jet ski.
(c) Money.
(d) Cabin and canoe.

5. What does Dick use a trotline for?
(a) Hang his laundry.
(b) To make sure his logs are straight.
(c) Catch fish while he sleeps.
(d) Trap for squirrels.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does The Chugach Range remind Dick of?

2. What does Dick wrap around the legs of his cache to dissuade squirrels from climbing up?

3. What animal does Dick take back to his cabin in "Breakup"?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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