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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Red Runt.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Dick use beach gravel for?
(a) Decoration outside Spike's cabin.
(b) Foundation of cabin.
(c) To fill his empty gas cans to use as weights.
(d) For his garden paths.

2. What does Dick use to create protection for his head and face in the December cold?
(a) Empty cement sack.
(b) Blanket.
(c) Thick woolen hat and scarf.
(d) Silk face mask.

3. What does the possibility of a visit from the mission girls keep Dick occupied with?
(a) Cooking.
(b) Picking cranberries.
(c) Laundry, dusting, and keeping things in order.
(d) Making more chairs.

4. What does Dick use to test the draft in his new fireplace?
(a) Cigar.
(b) Fireweed seeds.
(c) Match.
(d) Burning log.

5. What do the mosses and grasses on top of Falls Mountain have in them that Dick says "is another world of beauty?"
(a) Lady bugs.
(b) Crystals.
(c) Tiny flowers.
(d) Miniature butterflies.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the temperature in early July in "Cloud Country"?

2. What time does Dick wake up the first morning in the wilderness?

3. How heavy is Dick's second load of cargo that he hauls to Spike's cabin?

4. What does Dick take out from his underground cooler to celebrate the first day of spring?

5. What kind of hotcakes does Dick make for his first breakfast in the wilderness?

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