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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Camp Meat.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Dick use wildfire greens for in "The Birth of a Cabin"?
(a) Fishing bait.
(b) Salad.
(c) As insulation for his cabin.
(d) Feed caribou.

2. What time does Dick wake up the first morning in the wilderness?
(a) Six a.m.
(b) Seven a.m.
(c) Ten a.m.
(d) Four a.m.

3. What does Dick do in the last four days in May in "The Birth of a Cabin"?
(a) Travels to see Babe.
(b) Goes back to Kodiak Lake.
(c) Hikes twenty miles a day.
(d) Lays logs for his cabin.

4. How does Dick divide up his cargo to haul to Spike's cabin in the Twins?
(a) Haphazardly.
(b) Alphabetically.
(c) By category.
(d) By weight and importance.

5. To write this book, what does Sam Keith use of Dick Proenneke's?
(a) Journals.
(b) Books.
(c) Newspaper articles.
(d) Magazine essays.

Short Answer Questions

1. What item does Dick find at the hunters' tent camp that is useful to him?

2. When does Dick finish his cabin, except for the fireplace?

3. When does Dick plan to start a garden?

4. What kind of sandwiches did Mary Alsworth pack for Dick that he ate his first night in the wilderness?

5. What is the setting of Dick's wilderness experience?

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