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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What wildlife does Dick see that makes him anxious to begin the fireplace project?
(a) Bears.
(b) Rams.
(c) Caribou.
(d) Geese.

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

3. Where does Dick haul the rocks from to construct the fireplace?
(a) Beach.
(b) Forest.
(c) Quarry.
(d) Babe delivers them.

4. What is the spruce squirrel using for a door in "Freeze-up"?
(a) Spruce branches.
(b) Cement sack.
(c) Tree shavings.
(d) Moss ball.

5. What does Dick build the first week of June?
(a) Roof skeleton.
(b) Cache.
(c) Outbuilding.
(d) Dock.

6. What does Babe bring Dick when he flies in on May 8th?
(a) Letters and groceries.
(b) Package from Sears.
(c) Fancy chocolate birthday cake.
(d) Canoe paddle.

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

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

9. Who says "We are not piling up treasures on this earth?"
(a) Mary.
(b) Spike.
(c) Babe.
(d) Dick.

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

11. What is the setting of Dick's wilderness experience?
(a) Iowa.
(b) British Columbia.
(c) Washington state.
(d) Alaska.

12. What kind of plane does Babe use to fly Dick into the wilderness?
(a) Champion.
(b) Swift.
(c) Taylorcraft.
(d) Handley Page.

13. What does Dick call the strip he makes on the lake ice for Babe to land on?
(a) Glacier Regional Airport.
(b) Twin Lakes International Airport.
(c) Low Pass Airport.
(d) Ice Landing.

14. How old is Dick when he begins his wilderness experience?
(a) Thirty-two.
(b) Forty-five.
(c) Fifty-one.
(d) Twenty-nine.

15. When does Dick plan to start a garden?
(a) June.
(b) Late May.
(c) Early July.
(d) September.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Dick distracted by when he notches the wrong end of a log?

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

3. On a frosty August morning, what animals does Dick see feeding on a grassy slope above Glacier Creek in "Camp Meat"?

4. What is Dick waiting for from Babe Alsworth when he is in Kodiak?

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

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