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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 was the name of a man in "Frightful Learns Her ABCs" who sat on the Baron's rock with his wife to have a picnic?

2. In "Frightful Learns Her ABCs," what did Sam use to carry things he gathered?

3. In August what did Sam find made a good flour?

4. What was the date at the beginning of "I Hole Up in a Snowstorm"?

5. Who taught Sam how to make fire when he first got to the mountains?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Sam get a deer in "How a Door Came to Me"?

2. How did Sam get the first fish he caught cooked and learn how to start a fire?

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

4. Why did Sam build a house that could not be seen?

5. How did Sam find the old Gribley farm?

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

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

8. In "The Old, Old Tree," how did Sam boil water and an egg?

9. Once Sam's home was done, what did he do on warm evenings?

10. How is Sam's tree home laid out?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Sam got a deer that was killed by a poacher. How did a poacher inadvertently help Sam?

Essay Topic 2

Several articles are written about a wild boy living in the woods near Delhi. Why does Sam worry about the accounts at first, and then he decides not to concern himself with the reports for now?

Essay Topic 3

Sam trusted Matt to not write about him. Was Sam wise to trust Matt?

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