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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. Jim's memories of his grandmother having read to him as a youngster from "Swiss Family Robinson" were always stirred by what?
(a) The creaking of his chair when he rocked in it.
(b) The rain when it dropped on his tin roof.
(c) His whistling kettle when he boiled water.
(d) The breeze when it stirred the trees.

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

3. Without a heavy pack, what was listed as the average speed one could hike on a good trail?
(a) From 2.5 to 3 miles per hour.
(b) From 3 to 3.5 miles per hour.
(c) From 2 to 2.5 miles per hour.
(d) From 1.5 to 2 miles per hour.

4. 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."

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The scent of what animals troubled deer and moose the most?

2. What was taught as the proper way to land a canoe ashore?

3. Jim wrote about a young man that once blazed a trail on the side he came from, and might have been lost on his return if he had not done what?

4. Cree Indians viewed the Big Dipper (part of Ursa Major) as the Great Bear constellation, and the three stars in the handle as what?

5. What Indian game was diagrammed and described that Chief Tibeash was a champion of as a boy, and shot stones and arrows?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Jim observe about the lumberjacks?

2. What story did Jim relate about a lumberjack he identified as Sam?

3. What did Jim describe he did with his canoe in March?

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

5. What observations did Jim provide in regard to camping outdoors in cold weather?

6. What were Jim's plans for his garden in April?

7. How was Chief Tibeash identified as the headman of his tribe?

8. What happened to the ice in Cache Lake when April arrived?

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

10. What did snowshoe lameness result from?

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