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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 opinion does Dick express about people's level of physical activity?
(a) Most people have to work hard physically every day.
(b) They don't get enough.
(c) People work too hard and pay the price physically.
(d) People he knows are in good shape.

2. Why does Dick walk back along the bank on his return from the Chilikadrotna River?
(a) Current in the stream is too strong.
(b) He lost his paddle.
(c) He wants to build strength in his legs.
(d) The canoe has a hole in it.

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

4. What is one thing that the red runt causes Dick to do more of?
(a) Paint the outside of the cache.
(b) Mending.
(c) Haul water from the lake.
(d) Carve driftwood.

5. When does Dick feel like he cheated in building things he needs?
(a) When he goes too fast and cuts corners.
(b) When he hires someone to help him.
(c) When he doesn't give the job all his attention.
(d) When he uses man-made items.

Short Answer Questions

1. What term does Dick use to describe nature in "Reflections"?

2. What has a lived-in look in "Until Another Spring" that Dick says has been deserted for a couple of years?

3. What does Dick use in the natural world that he says is effective as Brillo pads or steel wool?

4. What is the temperature in early July in "Cloud Country"?

5. What animal does Dick say wears "white oxfords" and a "snow-white cape" when he paddles toward the Chilikadrotna River?

Short Essay Questions

1. Does Dick feel sympathetic toward the red runt?

2. Is Dick willing to make friends with the red runt?

3. Does the red runt like to scatter Dick's food?

4. Is Dick proud of his cabin and cache?

5. Describe what happens when the red runt gets into Dick's cache.

6. Why does Dick have to do more mending and repair because of the red runt?

7. Describe Dick's experience with the brown bear as he hikes down Falls Mountain.

8. What does Dick remind himself of when he worries about getting sick or falling in a rock slide?

9. Does Dick feel happy to be back at his cabin after exploring the Chilikadrotna River?

10. What does the red runt like to remind Dick of?

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