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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On September 9th, what does Dick hear at the Boss Hunter's cabin in "Camp Meat"?
(a) Sawing.
(b) Party.
(c) Hammering.
(d) Shooting.

2. What is Dick waiting for from Babe Alsworth when he is in Kodiak?
(a) Telegram.
(b) Phone call.
(c) Letter.
(d) Package.

3. What kind of plane does Babe use to fly Dick into the wilderness?
(a) Handley Page.
(b) Swift.
(c) Champion.
(d) Taylorcraft.

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

5. What do the hunters have in their canoe as they paddle up the lake on the day Dick builds a small fire in his fireplace?
(a) Equipment.
(b) Fish.
(c) Ram.
(d) Caribou.

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

7. How heavy is Dick's second load of cargo that he hauls to Spike's cabin?
(a) Sixty pounds.
(b) Twelve pounds.
(c) Twenty pounds.
(d) Ninety pounds.

8. What does Dick nickname the "camp robber"?
(a) Gray jay.
(b) Rabbit.
(c) Squirrel.
(d) Bear.

9. What animal takes over the spruce squirrel's home in "Freeze-up"?
(a) Chipmunk.
(b) Rabbit.
(c) Ermine.
(d) Mouse.

10. What holiday does Babe visit Dick in "Freeze-up"?
(a) New Year's day.
(b) New Year's eve.
(c) Christmas day.
(d) Thanksgiving day.

11. What does Dick do on his birthday, May 4th?
(a) Sleeps.
(b) Carves a set of utensils.
(c) Takes photographs of a bear family.
(d) Canoes.

12. What animal does Dick take back to his cabin in "Breakup"?
(a) Baby caribou.
(b) Baby deer.
(c) Rabbit.
(d) Baby chipmunk.

13. Who does Babe say he will bring along next time he visits in "Freeze-up"?
(a) Misison girls.
(b) His wife.
(c) Spike.
(d) Dick's dad.

14. What does Dick leave behind at the Carrithers home when he flies to Anchorage?
(a) Motorcycle.
(b) Camper.
(c) Car.
(d) Bike.

15. What does Dick wrap around the legs of his cache to dissuade squirrels from climbing up?
(a) Spikes.
(b) Barbed wire.
(c) Flexible traps.
(d) Twelve inch band of tin.

Short Answer Questions

1. In June, how fast do the ice chunks move on the lake?

2. What does Dick do with the litter he finds when he visits the hunters' tent camp in "Camp Meat"?

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

4. What does Dick call the strip he makes on the lake ice for Babe to land on?

5. What time does Dick wake up the first morning in the wilderness?

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