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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10, September, The Moon When the Birds Fly Away.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Three blasts on the horn made from that of a buffalo was suggested to signal what?
(a) Help was needed.
(b) Meet to fish on my lake.
(c) Pie was ready.
(d) Time to get up.

2. Benasee Jewan, the Indian term for September, meant what?
(a) "The Leaves Change Color and Fall."
(b) "The Northern Lights Begin to Play."
(c) "The Moon Before Snow Arrives."
(d) "The Moon When the Birds Fly Away."

3. March was the start of the transition into the spring season, one sign of which was what?
(a) Stormy weather that came in like a lamb and went out as a lion.
(b) First geese as they began to fly north.
(c) Red squirrels that chattered from the maple tops.
(d) Deciduous trees began to shed leaves to make way for new buds.

4. Where was it noted the lightning bugs did not fly so much?
(a) Over the open water.
(b) Along the shoreline.
(c) Over rocky areas.
(d) In the open places.

5. It was noted that when one worked hard in the woods, it brought with it a natural craving for what taste preference?
(a) Sweet.
(b) Sour.
(c) Salt.
(d) Bitter.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was suggested as the first step to dry moccasins?

2. When Indians built canoes of birch bark, they sealed the seams with a pitch made from what?

3. Jim stored all his "treasured things" in an old chest that he kept where?

4. June brought with it the first of the Cree families for the summer that came by birch canoe to settle in where?

5. What were the little wooden pipes used to tap sugar maples for sap called?

(see the answer key)

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