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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Until Another Spring.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Dick say about the gleam of his cabin when he returns from the Chilikadrotna River?
(a) It is a comfort.
(b) Puzzled because he thought he turned off the lights.
(c) It is too bright.
(d) It makes him feel homesick for his father's house.

2. What does Dick leave behind at the Carrithers home when he flies to Anchorage?
(a) Bike.
(b) Car.
(c) Camper.
(d) Motorcycle.

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) Big brown bear.
(c) Spike's airplane.
(d) Hunters.

4. What phrase does Dick use to describe how he feels about the red runt at the end of his essay about him?
(a) Always one to admire.
(b) Happy.
(c) Cute.
(d) Terrible beast.

5. What does Dick say in "Reflections" that he made out of tree burls and branch growths?
(a) Vases.
(b) Artwork.
(c) Animal sculpture.
(d) Bowls and wooden spoons.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Babe bring Dick when he flies in on May 8th?

2. What does Dick say in "Reflections" that he cannot help but think about as he lives in the wilderness?

3. What is the setting of Dick's wilderness experience?

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

5. What date does Dick tell Babe he wants to leave the wilderness?

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