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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 the possibility of a visit from the mission girls keep Dick occupied with?
(a) Making more chairs.
(b) Picking cranberries.
(c) Laundry, dusting, and keeping things in order.
(d) Cooking.

2. What is the temperature on Thanksgiving day?
(a) Two degrees.
(b) Minus four degrees.
(c) Ten degrees.
(d) Twenty-two degrees.

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

4. What holiday does Babe visit Dick in "Freeze-up"?
(a) New Year's eve.
(b) Thanksgiving day.
(c) New Year's day.
(d) Christmas day.

5. What animal does Dick take back to his cabin in "Breakup"?
(a) Rabbit.
(b) Baby chipmunk.
(c) Baby deer.
(d) Baby caribou.

Short Answer Questions

1. How high above the lake is Low Pass located?

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

3. When does Dick plan to start a garden?

4. What kind of hotcakes does Dick make for his first breakfast in the wilderness?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Dick prepare for freeze-up?

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

4. Why does Dick clean up the litter left behind at the hunters' camps?

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

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

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

8. Describe what happens when Dick sets his roof on fire.

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

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

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