View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the date at the beginning of "I Hole Up in a Snowstorm"?
(a) December 4 or 5.
(b) December 12.
(c) January 1 or 2.
(d) January 122.

2. When did Sam come across the tree and make a home inside it?
(a) Last spring.
(b) End of winter.
(c) Last summer.
(d) This autumn.

3. What type of bird did Sam hear in "I Meet One of My Own Kind," when he was helping an old lady?
(a) Eagle.
(b) Duck hawk.
(c) Peregrine falcon.
(d) Goshawk.

4. Who in Sam's family had owned land in the Catskill Mountains?
(a) His father.
(b) Great-grandfather Gribley.
(c) His uncle.
(d) Great-uncle Gribley.

5. How many knotholes did Sam chipped out to allow fresh air in?
(a) 3.
(b) 1.
(c) 4.
(d) 2.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "What I Did About the First Man Who Was After Me," what type of flower bulbs did Sam use for rabbit soup?

2. What type of trees did Sam find when he first found his family's farm?

3. Where does The Baron live?

4. Where did Sam's dad try to run away to, but got scared and went back home?

5. What type of food was Jessie James Coon an expert at digging out?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who was Bando and how did he happen to be sleeping in the woods?

2. How did Sam make salt in "I Learn to Season My Food"?

3. What did Miss Turner do for Sam before he left in "The King's Provider?"

4. In "The King's Provider," what did Sam study at the library?

5. How did Sam describe the spring by his tree?

6. Why did Sam think the fire warden came to his tree home area in "The First Man Who Was After Me"?

7. What did a book that Sam read suggest to do to find edible plants?

8. When Sam left New York, what did he take with him?

9. Why did Sam disagree with most people who said that trout were hard to catch?

10. How did Sam make a home on his mountain?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 774 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample