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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8, July, The Moose Are in the Lakes.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was recommended as the first step in making one's initial pair of moccasins from moose hide?
(a) Draw your footprint outline on a large cardboard piece.
(b) Make a test pair from old blanket or heavy cloth.
(c) Put your foot on the hide and cut an outline one-half inch larger.
(d) Cut two tie strings approximately twelve inches long.

2. What were other terms used to refer to cedar waxwings in Cache Lake country?
(a) Redbreast or cedar birds.
(b) Cedar or cherry birds.
(c) Cherry or redwing birds.
(d) Redwing or redbreast birds.

3. The Indians in the north country referred to January as Kushapawasticanum o Pesim which meant what?
(a) The Lake of No Canoe.
(b) The Sky of Many Stars.
(c) The Time of Sleeping Bear.
(d) The Moon of Great Cold.

4. What board that was free of knots and had a straight grain was said to have been the right stock to make a light paddle from?
(a) Elm.
(b) Spruce.
(c) Ash.
(d) Oak.

5. In Chapter 5, Jim knew it would not be long after the ice broke up that what would happen?
(a) Beavers would begin working.
(b) The geese would return.
(c) The ducks would return.
(d) Lily pads would sprout.

Short Answer Questions

1. If one did not have a compass, what was suggested one could use?

2. After owls have gulped their food down whole and it has digested, what was the next step for bones and fur?

3. It was noted that tree swallows ate what else beyond insects as few other swallows did?

4. Wolves were heard at Cache Lake in February, but not as much as at what other location?

5. How was Chief Tibeash's hunting sled curved up in the front?

(see the answer key)

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