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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. If one did not have a compass, what was suggested one could use?
(a) The sun and rocks.
(b) The clouds and rocks.
(c) The wind and clouds.
(d) The wind and sun.

2. The best area for partridge in the Cache Lake country was said to have been around where?
(a) Jumping Sand Springs.
(b) Manitoupeepagee River.
(c) Faraway See Hill.
(d) Porcupine Ridge.

3. Jim related the story of a man who fed, tamed, and finally broke to harness a calf bull moose that pulled his what?
(a) Wagon.
(b) Buggy.
(c) Cart.
(d) Sleigh.

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

5. Jim had observed too many woodsmen suffering from what, to know that one could not abuse one's stomach without paying a price?
(a) "Gale in the gut."
(b) "Misery in the innards."
(c) "Bursting in the belly."
(d) "Storming in the stomach."

6. The partridges were said to make a thumping sound that escalated increasingly from a slow drumming to a strange noise similar to what?
(a) A snapping.
(b) A rolling beat.
(c) An applause.
(d) A crackling.

7. Jim noted the snow that remained in May beneath a shaggy spruce behind his cabin reminded him of what?
(a) "A dingy white collar on a man who needs a hair cut."
(b) "A giant piece of chocolate and vanilla candy corn."
(c) "A megaphone left behind by a college cheerleader."
(d) "A rocket launch with smoke gushing out beneath it."

8. 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) Cubs.
(b) Hunters.
(c) Paw tracks.
(d) Beehives.

9. Beyond wire springs, a diagram of one way a leather camp bellows could be made indicated what might be used to keep them expanded?
(a) Elm.
(b) Oak.
(c) Walnut.
(d) Willow.

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

11. Jim obtained the speeds for a wind gauge he built when he tested it in what manner?
(a) Against a wind gauge at a forest station.
(b) Against a car speedometer when held out the window.
(c) Against a wind gauge at an airport.
(d) Against a wind gauge at a high school science lab.

12. Wolves were heard at Cache Lake in February, but not as much as at what other location?
(a) Knothole Lake.
(b) Shining Tree Lake.
(c) Thunder Lake.
(d) Snow Goose Lake.

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

14. What trees in the swamps sheltered the deer and moose during the winter?
(a) Cedar and oak.
(b) Cedar and black spruce.
(c) Black spruce and birch.
(d) Yellow pine and oak.

15. The scent of what animals troubled deer and moose the most?
(a) Wolves.
(b) Skunks.
(c) Wild boars.
(d) Bears.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was viewed as the biggest mistake individuals could make regarding their compasses?

2. What were noted as the keys to surviving in the wilderness, finding one's way about, and avoiding possible dangers?

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

4. In April, in the marshy area near the spring, the initial purple and green hoods of what plant would show?

5. Jim noted that he generally cached his small canoe where?

(see the answer keys)

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