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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. Experienced sled dogs were said to work best when fed at what time of day?
(a) The beginning.
(b) The end.
(c) The midday.
(d) Just prior to a trip.

2. When traveling in August, what food was suggested one could rely on obtaining by "living off the land" to supplement rations taken?
(a) All meat and fish.
(b) None.
(c) Fruits, nuts, and some vegetation.
(d) All meat, fish, fruits, and vegetation.

3. Rice was considered an essential ration for what reason?
(a) It needed only to be boiled.
(b) It took little room and was light.
(c) It mixed well with many foods.
(d) It was among the healthiest.

4. How many steps were shown in how to heft a heavy pack onto one's back?
(a) 4.
(b) 1.
(c) 2.
(d) 3.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the main rule in a form of football that Indians played with a wood chip initially buried in an area between 2 goal sticks at each end?

2. Instead of the usual runners constructed of split ash, two old skis made of what wood were used for Tripper's sled?

3. Benasee Jewan, the Indian term for September, meant what?

4. A cold room in the ground was built of double board walls separated by 2"x4" uprights, and the space between filled with what substance?

5. It was noted that logging was not what it was 40 years ago when, a time when what were used?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Jim stipulate was needed in the way of provisions during a camping trip?

2. How did the Indians construct their stilts?

3. What were recommendations about smoked cheese?

4. Why did Jim observe June to have been a good family month in the woods?

5. How did Jim describe the first time he went alone to try his horn of birch bark to call for moose?

6. What did Jim note about their canoes as the men's camping trip approached?

7. What did Indians that left their summer lake sites generally take back with them to northern trapping grounds?

8. What was one way Chief Tibeash liked to demonstrate how good a woodsman he was to Jim?

9. Why did Jim view August as among the best times to travel?

10. How did Jim describe weather signs?

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