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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Chief Tibeash refer to deep-water trolling using copper wire 100 yards long and a single pound sinker?

2. A fire piston, which worked on the principle that air got extremely hot when compressed, might reach over how many degrees Fahrenheit?

3. A pair of canoes were sometimes lashed together how far apart with saplings across the stern and forward thwarts?

4. The diagram of the trail cooking outfit showed a metal plate, bowl, cup, and pails made from what metal?

5. June brought with it the first of the Cree families for the summer that came by birch canoe to settle in where?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What was noted about blisters?

3. How did Jim describe weather signs?

4. What was it Chief Tibeash explained to Jim about the tracks of a large dog wolf revealed?

5. How did Jim once evade the danger of the woods on fire?

6. What was it Jim noted about Hank's black and white pet?

7. Chief Tibeash would likely get angry if he was called suspicious, but what was one of his beliefs Jim observed?

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

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

10. What did Jim describe about tent options?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Jim's' lake had no name when he initially arrived, but he eventually bestowed the name Cache Lake upon it after having given it much thought. What were the reasons he selected that name?

Essay Topic 2

Jim devoted a considerable portion of the book to weather. What was Chief Tibeash's guideline on how the weather was to be monitored? Elaborate on how he explained this. What were a variety of signs Jim stipulated were indicative of different types of weather? What precautions were advised given potential weather conditions?

Essay Topic 3

What was a heliograph used for? What steps did Jim detail were to be taken to construct a heliograph from components on hand? In what manner was a heliograph to be utilized?

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