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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. What does Dick use beach gravel for?
(a) Foundation of cabin.
(b) Decoration outside Spike's cabin.
(c) To fill his empty gas cans to use as weights.
(d) For his garden paths.

5. Why does Dick decide he must hunt on September 20th in "Camp Meat"?
(a) He is tired of building.
(b) The animals are encroaching on his territory.
(c) To put up meat for the winter.
(d) He needs animal hides to stay warm.

Short Answer Questions

1. What wildlife does Dick see that makes him anxious to begin the fireplace project?

2. What is the setting of Dick's wilderness experience?

3. When Dick forgets his lunch when he takes the canoe up the lake and watches wildlife, what does he eat?

4. What does Dick take out from his underground cooler to celebrate the first day of spring?

5. On September 9th, what does Dick hear at the Boss Hunter's cabin in "Camp Meat"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do Spike and Hope Carrithers lend to Dick that inspires his wilderness adventure?

2. Describe what Dick sees when he enters Spike's cabin.

3. How does Dick make warmer hand and face protection at the beginning of the winter months?

4. What does Dick do when a bear comes to his cabin?

5. What makes Dick happy about the door handle of the cache he built?

6. Why does Dick make a gift for Mary?

7. Why does Dick decide to hunt ram?

8. What does Dick concoct so he can see the animals who come to eat the moose meat he has attached to his sled?

9. Describe some chores that Dick does at the end of "Breakup".

10. How does Dick try to help the caribou calf that is separated from its mother?

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