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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What toys did Chief Tibeash and his brothers whittle as boys for use in the winter on the lakes?
(a) Sliding sticks.
(b) Sliding boats.
(c) Skates.
(d) Tops.
2. A fire piston, which worked on the principle that air got extremely hot when compressed, might reach over how many degrees Fahrenheit?
(a) 220.
(b) 800.
(c) 180.
(d) 350.
3. How many steps were diagrammed as the procedure for a single individual to shoulder a canoe?
(a) 3.
(b) 1.
(c) 2.
(d) 4.
4. Jim ranked his fishing skills from best to worst in what order?
(a) Trolling, fly-casting, bait rod.
(b) Trolling, bait rod, fly-casting.
(c) Bait rod, fly-casting, troling.
(d) Fly-casting, trolling, bait rod.
5. What was Chief Tibeash searching for when he tested the water in a stream by periodically sticking his hand in?
(a) A murky stream.
(b) A spring hole.
(c) A sun sparkling pool.
(d) A cool pool.
6. What was Hank's view of most people when they snapped photographs?
(a) They took too few.
(b) They were too close.
(c) They did not keep sunlight behind them.
(d) They were not close enough.
7. It was said that mosquito netting was too course to keep out what?
(a) Fireflies.
(b) Beetles.
(c) Cockroaches.
(d) Black flies.
8. Jim noted that Chief Tibeash eyed everything when on the trail and walked as quietly as what animal?
(a) A coyote.
(b) An ostrich.
(c) A lynx.
(d) An deer.
9. How many steps were shown in how to heft a heavy pack onto one's back?
(a) 1.
(b) 4.
(c) 3.
(d) 2.
10. The company's plane made its last flight in November until the lake ice was solid and it could land with what equipment?
(a) Skis on snow-cushioned lake ice.
(b) Skis on snow-cleared lake ice.
(c) Wheels on snow-cleared lake ice.
(d) Wheels on snow-cushioned lake ice.
11. Jim like a balsam bed when he camped, but suggested one might use what?
(a) A feather bed.
(b) An air mattress.
(c) A hammock.
(d) A folding cot.
12. The kerf of a tree was a reference to what?
(a) The first notch cut on the side it will fall.
(b) The second notch cut opposite of its lean.
(c) The second notch cut on the side it will fall.
(d) The first notch cut opposite of its lean.
13. Jim noted the distance from his cabin to Faraway See Hill, where he and Chief Tibeash looked over the fall colors annually, was what?
(a) 3 miles straightaway, 6 by trail.
(b) 5 miles straightaway, 8 by trail.
(c) 2 miles straightaway, 5 by trail.
(d) 4 miles straightaway, 7 by trail.
14. How much flour was recommended could be substituted per each loaf of bread taken for a week's venture?
(a) 1/4 lbs.
(b) 1/2 lbs.
(c) None.
(d) 1/3 lbs.
15. Three blasts on the horn made from that of a buffalo was suggested to signal what?
(a) Meet to fish on my lake.
(b) Time to get up.
(c) Pie was ready.
(d) Help was needed.
Short Answer Questions
1. September days were described as often having been clear and feeling what?
2. What did Hank once make a model of?
3. An unpleasant smell that sometimes indicated the approach of nasty weather was the rainy, earthy odor noticed prior, especially where?
4. The diagram of the trail cooking outfit showed a metal plate, bowl, cup, and pails made from what metal?
5. Jim related how he once capsized when he canoed about 5 days out from civilization, but he kept his matches dry how?
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