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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On the last day Dick is in the wilderness, what is the weather like?
(a) Clear, calm, and thirty-two degrees.
(b) Hot and dry.
(c) Snowing.
(d) Rough and stormy.

2. What situation does Dick panic over at the beginning of "Cloud Country"?
(a) Problems with his fireplace.
(b) Lost food.
(c) Mice in his cache.
(d) He can't find his axe.

3. What would Dick like to give the spruce grouse pecking at his gravel path in "Until Another Spring"?
(a) Caribou meat.
(b) Rolled oats.
(c) Bird seed.
(d) Last of his sourdough batter.

4. What month is it at the beginning of "Until Another Spring"?
(a) October.
(b) July.
(c) September.
(d) November.

5. Who steals the red runt's food through "teamwork maneuvers"?
(a) Foxes.
(b) Ravens.
(c) Rabbits.
(d) Weasels.

6. How does the red runt get into Dick's cache?
(a) Goes through the door when Dick leaves it open for a minute.
(b) Discovers a small space and chews out a larger opening.
(c) Eats his way through the moss roof.
(d) Squeezes through an unfilled crack.

7. What animals does Dick see through his scope that make him think "a small mining operation" is in progress?
(a) Brown bear and cubs.
(b) Rams.
(c) Rabbits.
(d) Beavers.

8. What is the red runt?
(a) Chipmunk.
(b) Fox.
(c) Bird.
(d) Squirrel.

9. What does Dick call "this great big country" at the end of his essay on the Chilikadrotna River?
(a) His playground.
(b) Too hard to explore.
(c) Challenging.
(d) Beyond his imagination.

10. What does Dick oil at the end of the book?
(a) Tools.
(b) Hinges.
(c) Rifle.
(d) Canoe.

11. What phrase does Dick use to describe how he feels about the red runt at the end of his essay about him?
(a) Happy.
(b) Cute.
(c) Always one to admire.
(d) Terrible beast.

12. What do the mosses and grasses on top of Falls Mountain have in them that Dick says "is another world of beauty?"
(a) Tiny flowers.
(b) Lady bugs.
(c) Crystals.
(d) Miniature butterflies.

13. Who does Dick want to visit in the "Outside"?
(a) His sister.
(b) His dad.
(c) His cousin.
(d) His brother.

14. When the brush rustles, what does Dick expect to see coming out of it in "Cloud Country"?
(a) Squirrel.
(b) Weasel.
(c) Bull moose.
(d) Rabbit.

15. Where does the Chilikadrotna River begin?
(a) Hope's Creek.
(b) Upper lake.
(c) Lower end of lower lake.
(d) Upper end of upper lake.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Reflections", what does Dick say he uses for a curtain rod?

2. Why does Dick say he likes living in the wilderness in "Reflections"?

3. What animal comes out of the woodpile on Dick's last day in the wilderness?

4. What words does Dick use to describe the sound of the Chilikadrotna River?

5. What does Dick say provides his transportation while living in the wilderness?

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