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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What were snow goggles?
(a) Metallic gray sunglasses treated with ultraviolet radiation.
(b) Cardboard or soft pinewood goggles with thin slit cuts for vision.
(c) Goggles with photogray lenses treated with ultraviolet radiation.
(d) Blue wraparound glasses treated with ultraviolet radiation.

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

3. March was not spring yet as Cache Lake was full of ice and there were how many feet of snow?
(a) 2.
(b) 6.
(c) 4.
(d) 3.

4. Great horned mother owls have nested in late February with the young beneath the mother's wings and covered in what color fuzz?
(a) Brown.
(b) Cream.
(c) Pink.
(d) Snow white.

5. Jim made bait rods for fishing from what in February?
(a) Old rifle cleaning rods.
(b) Spruce pine sapplings.
(c) Collapsible automobile radio antenas.
(d) Old fencing foils.

6. 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 megaphone left behind by a college cheerleader."
(c) "A giant piece of chocolate and vanilla candy corn."
(d) "A rocket launch with smoke gushing out beneath it."

7. For sleeping in the open during winter, it was stated there was nothing to equal what kind of a robe?
(a) Deerskin.
(b) Wolfskin.
(c) Goose down.
(d) Rabbitskin.

8. Why were the wolves on the move in February?
(a) Dry snow made prey harder to track.
(b) Deep snow made prey harder to get.
(c) Wet snow made prey easier to track.
(d) Deep snow made prey easier to get.

9. Jim enjoyed a feeling of danger in which seasonal air?
(a) Hot summer.
(b) Cool spring.
(c) Cold autumn.
(d) Deep winter.

10. What was taught as the proper way to land a canoe ashore?
(a) Broadside.
(b) Get out in the water to lift the bow ashore.
(c) Bow on.
(d) Stern on.

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

12. What time of year was it when Jim first came upon Cache Lake?
(a) Early January.
(b) Early September.
(c) Early March.
(d) Early June.

13. What was the term used when the early morning mist that hung over the lake was referred to?
(a) "Phantom fog."
(b) "Translucent silk."
(c) "Ghosts' breath."
(d) "Spiderweb."

14. 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 geese.
(b) Snow owls.
(c) Snowbirds.
(d) Snow buntings.

15. Jim and Hank ventured to the dam located where each spring to determine how the beaver had fared the previous winter?
(a) On Caterwaul Creek.
(b) To Knothole Lake.
(c) On Otter Stream.
(d) On Beaver Tail Lake.

Short Answer Questions

1. For what purpose did Chief Tibeash fell dead trees when camping?

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

3. Jim stated he one day hoped to glue together thin strips of white holly and dark wood into a block to carve a what?

4. The Indian paddle stroke Chief Tibeash used was short, began at the waist, and ended with a thrust from what point?

5. Jim recommended which tool as the most valuable in the woods?

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