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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Dick say a person living alone has to do in "The Birth of a Cabin"?
(a) Sing.
(b) Get things down to a system.
(c) Write a lot of letters.
(d) Read books.

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

3. What year did Sam meet Dick?
(a) 2004.
(b) 1940.
(c) 1979.
(d) 1952.

4. How does Dick divide up his cargo to haul to Spike's cabin in the Twins?
(a) By weight and importance.
(b) By category.
(c) Haphazardly.
(d) Alphabetically.

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

6. What does Dick use to make a wash bucket, wash pan, and flour and storage cans before he moves out of Spike's cabin?
(a) Empty gas can.
(b) Recycled waste baskets.
(c) Empty plastic buckets.
(d) Old water containers.

7. How high above the lake is Low Pass located?
(a) Nine hundred feet.
(b) Two thousand feet.
(c) Sixteen hundred feet.
(d) One thousand feet.

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

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

10. What kind of hotcakes does Dick make for his first breakfast in the wilderness?
(a) Sourdough.
(b) Buttermilk.
(c) Honey.
(d) Cinnamon.

11. On September 9th, what does Dick hear at the Boss Hunter's cabin in "Camp Meat"?
(a) Shooting.
(b) Hammering.
(c) Sawing.
(d) Party.

12. When does Dick finish his cabin, except for the fireplace?
(a) June.
(b) Mid-August.
(c) July.
(d) September.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does a squirrel do with a roll of Dick's toilet paper?

2. In "Breakup", what does Dick accidentally set on fire?

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

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

5. What does Dick make for his kitchen window in "Breakup"?

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