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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 in "Reflections" that he made out of tree burls and branch growths?
(a) Animal sculpture.
(b) Artwork.
(c) Vases.
(d) Bowls and wooden spoons.

2. What is Dick's first reaction when the bear charges him on Falls Mountain?
(a) Throws up his arms and yells.
(b) Climbs a tree.
(c) Throws a rock at the bear.
(d) Runs.

3. What does the red runt do to Dick when he offers it food?
(a) Runs away.
(b) Takes only half.
(c) Eats the food.
(d) Bites his finger.

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

5. What animal does Dick say wears "white oxfords" and a "snow-white cape" when he paddles toward the Chilikadrotna River?
(a) Rabbit.
(b) Eagle.
(c) Caribou bull.
(d) Hunting dog.

6. In "Reflections", what does Dick say he uses for a curtain rod?
(a) Long branch.
(b) Iron rod.
(c) Driftwood.
(d) Metal pipe.

7. How does the red runt bother Dick's sourdough biscuits?
(a) Throws dirt on them.
(b) Steps in them.
(c) Eats them.
(d) Tips over solar oven and gets spruce needles on the biscuits.

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

9. What did the red runt do to Dick's sleeping bag?
(a) Fell asleep on it.
(b) Used part of it to build his home.
(c) Dragged it into the lake.
(d) Cut through the drawstring and ripped into the inside.

10. How long does Dick hang the caribou hindquarter under the cache in "Until Another Spring"?
(a) Two weeks.
(b) Eight weeks.
(c) Ten weeks.
(d) Five weeks.

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

12. What does the red runt do with the blueberries on the shelf outside the cabin door?
(a) Scatters them all over the ground.
(b) Eats them.
(c) Drops sticks into them.
(d) Leaves them alone.

13. How many rams does Dick see on Black Mountain when he goes hiking on July 2nd?
(a) Ten.
(b) Two.
(c) Six.
(d) One.

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

15. What has a lived-in look in "Until Another Spring" that Dick says has been deserted for a couple of years?
(a) Caribou nursery.
(b) Cabin on Glacier Creek.
(c) Bear den.
(d) Beaver lodge.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Dick accuse the red runt of in his essay on this animal?

2. When does Dick feel like he cheated in building things he needs?

3. What does Dick say about how Indians of the past built their rafts?

4. What is Dick's advice for seeing game in "Reflections"?

5. What position is the mother bear sleeping in when Dick watches her while hiking on Falls Mountain?

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