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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4, March, Strong Winds in the Sugar Bush.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Jim described how he made a bread knife from what type of blade?
(a) A hacksaw.
(b) A coping saw.
(c) A bucksaw.
(d) A bandsaw.

2. Cree Indians viewed the Big Dipper (part of Ursa Major) as the Great Bear constellation, and the three stars in the handle as what?
(a) Beehives.
(b) Paw tracks.
(c) Hunters.
(d) Cubs.

3. How many northern lakes had author John J. "Jim" Rowlands said he had seen when he happened upon Cache Lake?
(a) Thousands.
(b) Millions.
(c) Dozens.
(d) Hundreds.

4. What type of rivets did Hank use when he made a new sheath for his hunting knife?
(a) Copper.
(b) Brass.
(c) Stainless steel.
(d) Aircraft aluminum.

5. Jim recalled one Thanksgiving he shared with Chief Tibeash and Hank where what was the only thing wrong?
(a) It was two weeks early.
(b) It was a week early.
(c) It was two weeks late.
(d) It was a month late.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was used as a measuring wheel to construct a rough map?

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

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

4. Great horned mother owls have nested in late February with the young beneath the mother's wings and covered in what color fuzz?

5. The man who tamed the moose to pull him around came into town on Saturday nights and tied up, then smoked what as people stared?

(see the answer key)

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