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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Dick use a trotline for?

2. What month does Dick bring out his canoe from storage at Spike's cabin?

3. What does Dick wrap around the legs of his cache to dissuade squirrels from climbing up?

4. What does a squirrel do with a roll of Dick's toilet paper?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Dick decide to hunt ram?

2. What animals does Dick see through his binoculars on his first evening at Twin Lake?

3. What does Dick help Babe with when they get to Port Alsworth?

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

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

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

7. What does Dick dislike about the cement for building the fireplace?

8. What other things does Dick do when he has to wait for more materials to be delivered by Babe?

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

10. What surprises the teacher and his wife when they visit Dick?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What role does Babe play in Dick's life? How does he help Dick get through his first winter in the wilderness? Does he give Dick things to think about and keep him busy during the freeze-up?

Essay Topic 2

Analyze the importance of the setting of Falls Mountain in Dick's wilderness experience. What does Dick see in this setting that appeals to him? What profound experience does he have in this setting, and how does it change him?

Essay Topic 3

What is the importance of the red runt in Dick's wilderness experience? What does the squirrel teach him about resourcefulness? In what ways does Dick find the squirrel both amusing and irritating?

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