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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. Where do some of the birds spend winter nights?

2. What time does Bando come to see Sam on Christmas eve?

3. What was the date of the newspaper article where Mrs. Fielder talked about meeting Sam?

4. When does Sam's dad leave the mountain?

5. Who did Sam stop from running away in "Trouble Begins"?

Short Essay Questions

1. In "The Autumn Provides Food and Loneliness," what did Sam gather as he pushed his raft down the stream?

2. How are the chickadees like people that Sam knew on Third Avenue in New York?

3. What preparations does Sam make for Christmas dinner when Bando will come?

4. How does Bando serve Sam's dad after the first course of onion soup?

5. Why didn't Sam light a fire while he worked on the first deer he got that a hunter couldn't find?

6. What issues did Sam face when hunting season arrived?

7. What does Bando say shows that Sam has been busy since Bando left?

8. What does Sam say is the nicest part of his day in "I Have a Good Look at Winter and Find Spring in the Snow"?

9. Where does Sam get wood and store it in "I Pile up Wood and Go on with Winter"?

10. How did Sam and Frightful like the crickets in the meadow in "The Autumn Provides Food and Loneliness"?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Sam ran away from home. Why did Sam run and why didn't his parents stop him?

Essay Topic 2

Sam worked hard to prepare for winter. What preparations did Sam make for winter and were they enough?

Essay Topic 3

Sam had experienced loneliness in the fall. Why didn't Sam experience loneliness in the winter?

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