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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was described as the best hour a summer day offered?
(a) Dusk.
(b) Midnight.
(c) Dawn.
(d) Noon.

2. Teams often left their logging camps around what time, with only the cook and his crew remaining?
(a) Shortly after 3 a.m.
(b) Shortly after sunrise.
(c) After breakfast around 8 a.m.
(d) Shortly before sunrise.

3. Jim built a pot that made a little fuel go far like one he read about used in what country where a handful of grass cooked a whole pot of stew?
(a) Tibet.
(b) Mongolia.
(c) South Africa.
(d) Afghanistan.

4. How was a mattress that was ordered from a catalog transported to Cache Lake?
(a) Rolled tightly around a long pole that rested on two men's shoulders.
(b) Stretched centered and lashed atop the wings of a pontoon plane.
(c) Rolled tightly inside a pontoon plane cabin.
(d) Lashed like a horseshoe over the back of a pack mule.

5. Chief Tibeash dried fish in the sun, removed the gills and eyes, then wrapped them well separated in dry moss to keep them for how long?
(a) 3 days.
(b) Later that night.
(c) 1-2 days.
(d) For the following morning.

6. Pictures of what animals were noted to be about the most difficult to get?
(a) Toads.
(b) Hummingbirds.
(c) Jumping fish.
(d) Owls.

7. September days were described as often having been clear and feeling what?
(a) Cold.
(b) Warm.
(c) Hot.
(d) Cool.

8. The kerf of a tree was a reference to what?
(a) The first notch cut on the side it will fall.
(b) The first notch cut opposite of its lean.
(c) The second notch cut opposite of its lean.
(d) The second notch cut on the side it will fall.

9. It was recommended that any bacon taken was lean for what reason?
(a) Lean bacon kept longer.
(b) Lean bacon was healthier.
(c) Fat bacon left little once fried.
(d) Fat bacon was tougher.

10. What was Hank's "ice boat" constructed from that had his canoe sail rigged to it?
(a) 2 reversed tree crotch ends lashed on the sides and angle iron runners.
(b) 1 4-foot water trough set lengthwise on old skis.
(c) 1 free-standing bathtub set lengthwise to narrow pipe runners.
(d) 1 barrel half cut and set lengthwise attached to angle iron rails.

11. Jim related how he once capsized when he canoed about 5 days out from civilization, but he kept his matches dry how?
(a) In a wax paper package.
(b) In a sap covered matchbox.
(c) In a small watertight bottle.
(d) In a plastic container.

12. Benasee Jewan, the Indian term for September, meant what?
(a) "The Moon When the Birds Fly Away."
(b) "The Northern Lights Begin to Play."
(c) "The Leaves Change Color and Fall."
(d) "The Moon Before Snow Arrives."

13. What did Hank once make a model of?
(a) A birch canoe.
(b) His cabin and trees.
(c) An Indian tepee.
(d) A logging camp.

14. Jim like a balsam bed when he camped, but suggested one might use what?
(a) A hammock.
(b) A folding cot.
(c) An air mattress.
(d) A feather bed.

15. A harness of what type hide was made for Tripper to get him adjusted to pulling a sled by initially pulling a dead spruce piece?
(a) Possum.
(b) Moose.
(c) Beaver.
(d) Deer.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was it Chief Tibeash suggested Hank's ice boat would be suitable for chasing when these animals crossed the lake?

2. How many steps were shown in how to heft a heavy pack onto one's back?

3. How many steps were diagrammed as the procedure for a single individual to shoulder a canoe?

4. Where was it noted the lightning bugs did not fly so much?

5. Striking two chunks of pyrite yielded sparks that could kindle a fire, and iron pyrite was commonly called what?

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