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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. What does Dick make a snow shovel out of before the freeze-up?
(a) Animal skin and a spruce branch.
(b) Coffee cans.
(c) Part of a tin chimney.
(d) Oil drum.

2. What is Dick waiting for from Babe Alsworth when he is in Kodiak?
(a) Package.
(b) Telegram.
(c) Letter.
(d) Phone call.

3. What weapons does Dick have on this wilderness adventure?
(a) Pistol and rifle.
(b) Shotgun.
(c) Glock.
(d) Bow and arrow.

4. What are Grizzly Eggs?
(a) Bear food.
(b) Restaurant name.
(c) Dick's name for two boulders.
(d) Breakfast dish.

5. 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 use beach gravel for?

2. What is Dick distracted by when he notches the wrong end of a log?

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

4. What is the weather like in mid-September when Dick is building his fireplace?

5. How does Dick divide up his cargo to haul to Spike's cabin in the Twins?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when Dick cuts his thumb?

2. How does Dick prepare for freeze-up?

3. What does Babe bring to Dick's on Christmas Day?

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

5. What animals does Dick see through his binoculars on his first evening at Twin Lake?

6. Describe Dick's first morning in Spike's cabin.

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

8. Why does Dick make a gift for Mary?

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

10. On May 27th, why does Dick take his canoe out of storage at Spike's cabin?

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