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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How does Dick describe Babe?
(a) Heavy-set.
(b) Tall and lanky.
(c) Wiry as a weasel.
(d) Average height and well-built.

3. What weapons does Dick have on this wilderness adventure?
(a) Bow and arrow.
(b) Glock.
(c) Pistol and rifle.
(d) Shotgun.

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

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

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

7. What does Dick build in May that he is very satisfied with?
(a) Hammock.
(b) Boat.
(c) Cache.
(d) Furniture.

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

9. In June, how fast do the ice chunks move on the lake?
(a) Twelve feet a minute.
(b) One hundred feet a minute.
(c) Fifty feet a minute.
(d) Two feet every 30 seconds.

10. What is Dick distracted by when he notches the wrong end of a log?
(a) Ram.
(b) Bird.
(c) Caribou.
(d) Bear.

11. What does Dick see when he is writing letters in his new cabin in "The Birth of a Cabin"?
(a) Spike's airplane.
(b) Hunters.
(c) Herd of caribou.
(d) Big brown bear.

12. Who does Babe say he will bring along next time he visits in "Freeze-up"?
(a) Spike.
(b) His wife.
(c) Misison girls.
(d) Dick's dad.

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

14. What does Dick make a snow shovel out of before the freeze-up?
(a) Coffee cans.
(b) Animal skin and a spruce branch.
(c) Part of a tin chimney.
(d) Oil drum.

15. How heavy is Dick's second load of cargo that he hauls to Spike's cabin?
(a) Twenty pounds.
(b) Sixty pounds.
(c) Twelve pounds.
(d) Ninety pounds.

Short Answer Questions

1. In mid-May, what noise does Dick hear coming down from Craig Mountain?

2. What does Dick build the first week of June?

3. What month does Dick bring out his canoe from storage at Spike's cabin?

4. What is Dick's conclusion after he first tests the draft in his new fireplace?

5. What do the hunters have in their canoe as they paddle up the lake on the day Dick builds a small fire in his fireplace?

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