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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Red Runt.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Dick use to test the draft in his new fireplace?
(a) Fireweed seeds.
(b) Burning log.
(c) Match.
(d) Cigar.

3. What did the red runt do to Dick's sleeping bag?
(a) Used part of it to build his home.
(b) Dragged it into the lake.
(c) Fell asleep on it.
(d) Cut through the drawstring and ripped into the inside.

4. How big is the rabbit that Dick sees outside his cabin in early May?
(a) Fifteen inches.
(b) Eighteen inches.
(c) At least two feet tall.
(d) Twelve inches.

5. What does the red runt do to Dick when he offers it food?
(a) Takes only half.
(b) Runs away.
(c) Bites his finger.
(d) Eats the food.

Short Answer Questions

1. To prepare for freeze-up, what does Dick build out of spruce poles?

2. What does Dick make a snow shovel out of before the freeze-up?

3. What does Dick see when he is writing letters in his new cabin in "The Birth of a Cabin"?

4. What is the weather like in mid-September when Dick is building his fireplace?

5. How does Dick describe the bear that charges him from the willow clumps while he is on Falls Mountain?

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