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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The French Canadian ovens described were made of mortar or clay on a cedar log or stone foundation, and were built how tall?
(a) Waist-high.
(b) 18-20".
(c) 6-8".
(d) 12-14".

2. What was suggested as the first step to dry moccasins?
(a) Scrape out the moisture.
(b) Place them near the stove.
(c) Stuff them with bent birch twigs.
(d) Rub them with moose fat.

3. The stars on February nights were compared with sparkling jewels of what color on a black background?
(a) Silver.
(b) Blue-white.
(c) Pure white.
(d) Gold.

4. What was used as a measuring wheel to construct a rough map?
(a) A buggy wheel set between a sapling's forks.
(b) A front wheel and fork of an adult bicycle.
(c) A wheel barrow minus the tub and rear support legs.
(d) A barrel hoop set between a sapling's forks.

5. It was noted that when one worked hard in the woods, it brought with it a natural craving for what taste preference?
(a) Salt.
(b) Sour.
(c) Bitter.
(d) Sweet.

Short Answer Questions

1. What were the little wooden pipes used to tap sugar maples for sap called?

2. What were snow goggles?

3. Jim's grandfather, a seafaring man, frequently related that those who ventured out without what in their boats were foolish?

4. How did Chief Tibeash regard Hank?

5. Jim chose what site on Cache Lake for his cabin?

Short Essay Questions

1. What outdoor event untypical for mid-winter did Jim describe?

2. What did Jim and Chief Tibeash agree upon regarding food?

3. How did Jim come to construct his cabin on Cache Lake?

4. What did Jim relate about the bear hunt he went on with Chief Tibeash in March?

5. How did Jim discover Cache Lake?

6. How did Jim view the stars he saw at night?

7. How did Jim take the reader through the change of seasons?

8. What sort of month was May for Jim?

9. What did Jim recall when he made one visit to Hank's in January?

10. What did the geologist who visited Jim after two years explain to him?

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