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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the creek where Dick goes fishing after he gets settled in Spike's cabin?
(a) Stillwater Creek.
(b) Little Creek.
(c) Winding Creek.
(d) Hope Creek.

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

3. What does Dick do with the litter he finds when he visits the hunters' tent camp in "Camp Meat"?
(a) Bags it up for trash pick-up.
(b) Throws it in the lake.
(c) Buries it.
(d) Burns it.

4. What does Dick make out of a baby caribou calfskin in May?
(a) Table decoration.
(b) Hand warmer.
(c) Bandanna.
(d) Small cloth for cleaning.

5. What gets sliced open from tin snips on September 24th?
(a) Dick's leg.
(b) Dick's thumb.
(c) The poncho covering his meat.
(d) The thermopane on his window.

6. What does a squirrel do with a roll of Dick's toilet paper?
(a) Shreds it.
(b) Uses it in his nest.
(c) Buries it.
(d) Papers the trees with it.

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

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

9. What words does Dick write with spruce boughs on the frozen ice for Babe to see?
(a) Too thin.
(b) OK.
(c) Help.
(d) Land here.

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

11. What time does Dick wake up the first morning in the wilderness?
(a) Ten a.m.
(b) Four a.m.
(c) Six a.m.
(d) Seven a.m.

12. When Babe stops by briefly on September 19th in "Camp Meat", what does he say he will bring Dick soon?
(a) Warm clothing.
(b) Book.
(c) Large package.
(d) Better utensils.

13. What is Dick's conclusion after he first tests the draft in his new fireplace?
(a) The fireplace needs to be shorter.
(b) He has to adjust the flue.
(c) It will be a working fireplace.
(d) He has to start over.

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

15. What does Dick take out from his underground cooler to celebrate the first day of spring?
(a) Frozen raspberry pie.
(b) Jar of blueberries.
(c) Bottle of juice.
(d) Jar of peaches.

Short Answer Questions

1. What animal takes over the spruce squirrel's home in "Freeze-up"?

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

3. To prepare for freeze-up, what does Dick build out of spruce poles?

4. What does Dick leave behind at the Carrithers home when he flies to Anchorage?

5. Where did Dick work in the 1940s?

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