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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. To write this book, what does Sam Keith use of Dick Proenneke's?
(a) Newspaper articles.
(b) Magazine essays.
(c) Journals.
(d) Books.

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

3. What animal takes over the spruce squirrel's home in "Freeze-up"?
(a) Rabbit.
(b) Ermine.
(c) Chipmunk.
(d) Mouse.

4. Who says "We are not piling up treasures on this earth?"
(a) Dick.
(b) Spike.
(c) Babe.
(d) Mary.

5. What does Dick do in the last four days in May in "The Birth of a Cabin"?
(a) Lays logs for his cabin.
(b) Goes back to Kodiak Lake.
(c) Travels to see Babe.
(d) Hikes twenty miles a day.

Short Answer Questions

1. When does Dick finish his cabin, except for the fireplace?

2. How big is the rabbit that Dick sees outside his cabin in early May?

3. What is Dick's conclusion after he first tests the draft in his new fireplace?

4. What does Dick have for his birthday dinner?

5. What is the spruce squirrel using for a door in "Freeze-up"?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Dick prepare for freeze-up?

2. What happens when Dick cuts his thumb?

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

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

5. How does Dick solve his problem with creating a good mortar for the fireplace?

6. Why does Dick want to test himself with this wilderness adventure?

7. What is Operation Sheep Meat?

8. Describe the jack rabbit Dick sees outside his cabin on May 6th.

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

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

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