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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 words does Dick use to describe the sound of the Chilikadrotna River?
(a) Sweet, calm, quiet.
(b) Savage, awesome, terrifyingly beautiful.
(c) Rippling, choppy, dark.
(d) Shallow, smooth, warm.

2. What kind of window works best for Dick during the winter freeze-up?
(a) Thermopane.
(b) Single pane glass.
(c) Cloth.
(d) Plastic.

3. What is close to zero in Alaska that Dick mentions in "Reflections"?
(a) Number of pigeons.
(b) Crime rate.
(c) Number of days it is sunny.
(d) The chance of the mission girls showing up.

4. What size is the first trout that Dick catches when he is fly fishing in the Chilikadrotna River?
(a) Six inches.
(b) Eighteen inches.
(c) Ten inches.
(d) Twenty-one inches.

5. What does Babe call the world outside Alaska?
(a) The city.
(b) The place beyond.
(c) Crazy country.
(d) Sick country.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long does Dick hang the caribou hindquarter under the cache in "Until Another Spring"?

2. What kind of personality does Dick say the red runt has?

3. What phrase does Dick use to describe how he feels about the red runt at the end of his essay about him?

4. What date does Dick tell Babe he wants to leave the wilderness?

5. How does the red runt get into Dick's cache?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Dick describe himself as an oddball?

2. What makes Dick decide to hike up Falls Mountain on July 2nd?

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

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

5. Describe Dick's comments about the red salmon.

6. What is Dick's view of technology?

7. What does Dick see when standing on Eagle's Back?

8. When Dick spots a caribou bull while canoeing in the lake, what does he hope to do?

9. Does Dick feel sympathetic toward the red runt?

10. What happens to Dick when he leaves the wilderness for the first time?

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