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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Birth of a Cabin.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of sandwiches did Mary Alsworth pack for Dick that he ate his first night in the wilderness?
(a) Peanut butter and jelly.
(b) Ham.
(c) Caribou.
(d) Turkey.

2. What month is it when Dick meets Babe in Anchorage?
(a) October.
(b) August.
(c) March.
(d) May.

3. What is Dick distracted by when he notches the wrong end of a log?
(a) Bear.
(b) Bird.
(c) Ram.
(d) Caribou.

4. What does Dick build the first week of June?
(a) Roof skeleton.
(b) Outbuilding.
(c) Cache.
(d) Dock.

5. Where did Dick work in the 1940s?
(a) Canada.
(b) Minnesota.
(c) Ilinois.
(d) Oregon.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Dick do in the last four days in May in "The Birth of a Cabin"?

2. What kind of hotcakes does Dick make for his first breakfast in the wilderness?

3. What does Dick use beach gravel for?

4. What does Dick leave behind at the Carrithers home when he flies to Anchorage?

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

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