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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5, April, Thundering Ice and Black Water.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Jim, who favored what particular bird types, together with Hank made specific styles of houses to attract those they liked?
(a) Always hummingbirds and usually swallows.
(b) Always chickadees and usually cardinals.
(c) Always house wrens and usually bluebirds.
(d) Always white doves and usually robins.

2. How was Chief Tibeash's hunting sled curved up in the front?
(a) It was steamed slowly over a fire in wet cloth or moss.
(b) It was soaked on end in about 4-6 inches of cold water.
(c) It was laid upside down over a log with a heavy rock on the the front..
(d) It was wedged in-between a tree fork and tied back for pressure.

3. Jim's grandfather, a seafaring man, frequently related that those who ventured out without what in their boats were foolish?
(a) A fresh water supply.
(b) A handgun.
(c) A flashlight.
(d) A compass.

4. Hank sometimes made his own candles when he used the bark slipped from what small decayed saplings to mold them?
(a) Birch.
(b) Fir.
(c) Ash.
(d) Maple.

5. What birds were seen as they first flew up and struck weed tops, and then settled and fed on seeds that fell in the snow?
(a) Snow buntings.
(b) Snow geese.
(c) Snow owls.
(d) Snowbirds.

Short Answer Questions

1. For sleeping in the open during winter, it was stated there was nothing to equal what kind of a robe?

2. What mythological figure was January named after that had two faces so he could look ahead and behind simultaneously?

3. It was noted that when one worked hard in the woods, it brought with it a natural craving for what taste preference?

4. Cree Indians viewed the Big Dipper (part of Ursa Major) as the Great Bear constellation, and the three stars in the handle as what?

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

(see the answer key)

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