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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Dick do in the last four days in May in "The Birth of a Cabin"?
(a) Lays logs for his cabin.
(b) Travels to see Babe.
(c) Hikes twenty miles a day.
(d) Goes back to Kodiak Lake.

3. What item does Dick find at the hunters' tent camp that is useful to him?
(a) Bottle of soda.
(b) Kettle.
(c) Styrofoam chest with a box of matches inside.
(d) Coffee.

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

5. What does Dick receive when Babe visits him in "Freeze-up"?
(a) Sacks of food and letters.
(b) New watch.
(c) Books.
(d) Lime.

6. What does Dick feed the birds and squirrels for Thanksgiving dinner?
(a) Bird seed.
(b) Sunflower seeds.
(c) Suet and meat dust.
(d) Dried corn.

7. What is the temperature on Thanksgiving day?
(a) Ten degrees.
(b) Minus four degrees.
(c) Two degrees.
(d) Twenty-two degrees.

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

9. What does Dick do on his birthday, May 4th?
(a) Sleeps.
(b) Takes photographs of a bear family.
(c) Carves a set of utensils.
(d) Canoes.

10. What does Dick call the rabbit he is tracking in early May?
(a) Big Rabbit.
(b) Rambo-Rabbit.
(c) Daddy Rabbit.
(d) Super-Rabbit.

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

12. What does Dick have for his birthday dinner?
(a) Beans.
(b) Onion soup.
(c) Ram steak.
(d) Cake.

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) Ice Landing.
(d) Low Pass Airport.

14. What does Babe's wife knit for Dick that Babe delivers on January 9th?
(a) Blanket.
(b) Wool socks.
(c) Long johns.
(d) Sweater.

15. To prepare for freeze-up, what does Dick build out of spruce poles?
(a) Warming hut.
(b) Snowshoes.
(c) Ice-skating rink.
(d) Sled.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Dick place in his cache in May?

2. In June, how fast do the ice chunks move on the lake?

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

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

5. Why does Dick decide he must hunt on September 20th in "Camp Meat"?

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