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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 bothers Dick in the natural world as he paddles across the lake on July 2nd?
(a) Bugs.
(b) Fish.
(c) Snakes.
(d) Beaver.

2. What is the temperature in early July in "Cloud Country"?
(a) Sixty-two degrees.
(b) Seventy degrees.
(c) Twenty degrees.
(d) Forty-five degrees.

3. What term does Dick use to describe nature in "Reflections"?
(a) Mother Earth.
(b) Father Nature.
(c) Mother Nature.
(d) Grandmother Nature.

4. Why does Dick believe the bear left him alone at the last minute on Falls Mountain?
(a) It heard its cubs calling.
(b) It heard a gunshot.
(c) Dick scared it away.
(d) It scented him.

5. What does Dick accuse the red runt of in his essay on this animal?
(a) Stately poses.
(b) Funny antics.
(c) Mischief and vandalism.
(d) Harmless playfulness.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much did Dick spend to build his cabin?

2. When the brush rustles, what does Dick expect to see coming out of it in "Cloud Country"?

3. What size is the first trout that Dick catches when he is fly fishing in the Chilikadrotna River?

4. What is Dick doing in "Red Runt" that the red runt seems interested in?

5. What animal does Dick see through his binoculars after he has investigated what the magpies are calling about while exploring the Chilikadrotna River?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the grayling that Dick catches and releases while fly fishing in the river.

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

3. What does Dick find in Frank Bell's cabin?

4. How does Dick describe the sound of the Chilikadrotna River?

5. Why does Dick describe himself as an oddball?

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

7. Is Dick proud of his cabin and cache?

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

9. What is Dick's view of technology?

10. What is Dick's opinion about food and physical exercise?

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