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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Dick make from the high-bush cranberries he picks in "Freeze-up"?
(a) Trail mix.
(b) Syrup.
(c) Oatmeal.
(d) Cranberry muffins.

2. What does a squirrel do with a roll of Dick's toilet paper?
(a) Shreds it.
(b) Buries it.
(c) Papers the trees with it.
(d) Uses it in his nest.

3. What does Dick use beach gravel for?
(a) Decoration outside Spike's cabin.
(b) For his garden paths.
(c) Foundation of cabin.
(d) To fill his empty gas cans to use as weights.

4. What does Dick use to make a wash bucket, wash pan, and flour and storage cans before he moves out of Spike's cabin?
(a) Empty gas can.
(b) Old water containers.
(c) Recycled waste baskets.
(d) Empty plastic buckets.

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

6. What item does Dick find at the hunters' tent camp that is useful to him?
(a) Styrofoam chest with a box of matches inside.
(b) Kettle.
(c) Coffee.
(d) Bottle of soda.

7. What do Spike and Hope Carrithers lend to Dick?
(a) Cabin and canoe.
(b) Jet ski.
(c) Money.
(d) Television.

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

9. What year did Sam meet Dick?
(a) 1940.
(b) 1952.
(c) 2004.
(d) 1979.

10. What words does Dick write with spruce boughs on the frozen ice for Babe to see?
(a) Too thin.
(b) OK.
(c) Help.
(d) Land here.

11. What does Dick hunt on September 20th in "Camp Meat"?
(a) Caribou.
(b) Duck.
(c) Ram.
(d) Bear.

12. What does Babe's wife knit for Dick that Babe delivers on January 9th?
(a) Long johns.
(b) Wool socks.
(c) Blanket.
(d) Sweater.

13. On a frosty August morning, what animals does Dick see feeding on a grassy slope above Glacier Creek in "Camp Meat"?
(a) Bears.
(b) Caribou.
(c) Ducks.
(d) Rams.

14. In "Breakup", what does Dick accidentally set on fire?
(a) Cache.
(b) Moss roof.
(c) Snowshoes.
(d) Canoe.

15. When does Dick finish his cabin, except for the fireplace?
(a) Mid-August.
(b) September.
(c) June.
(d) July.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Dick build in May that he is very satisfied with?

2. How big is the rabbit that Dick sees outside his cabin in early May?

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

4. What object does Dick place on the ice to let Babe know it is safe to land the plane on?

5. What does the possibility of a visit from the mission girls keep Dick occupied with?

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