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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Dick see when he is writing letters in his new cabin in "The Birth of a Cabin"?
(a) Big brown bear.
(b) Spike's airplane.
(c) Hunters.
(d) Herd of caribou.

2. What does Dick build in May that he is very satisfied with?
(a) Hammock.
(b) Furniture.
(c) Cache.
(d) Boat.

3. What is located 75 feet from the bay and situated on a knolltop?
(a) A hunter's cabin.
(b) Campground.
(c) Spike's cabin.
(d) Dick's building site.

4. How old is Dick when he begins his wilderness experience?
(a) Forty-five.
(b) Thirty-two.
(c) Fifty-one.
(d) Twenty-nine.

5. What is Dick's conclusion after he first tests the draft in his new fireplace?
(a) He has to adjust the flue.
(b) He has to start over.
(c) It will be a working fireplace.
(d) The fireplace needs to be shorter.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What animal does Dick take back to his cabin in "Breakup"?

3. What does Dick have for his birthday dinner?

4. What is the name of the creek where Dick goes fishing after he gets settled in Spike's cabin?

5. What animal takes over the spruce squirrel's home in "Freeze-up"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Dick help Babe with when they get to Port Alsworth?

2. What does Dick concoct so he can see the animals who come to eat the moose meat he has attached to his sled?

3. Why does Dick clean up the litter left behind at the hunters' camps?

4. What does Dick do when a bear comes to his cabin?

5. Why does Dick want to test himself with this wilderness adventure?

6. Describe the jack rabbit Dick sees outside his cabin on May 6th.

7. Describe what Dick sees when he enters Spike's cabin.

8. On May 27th, why does Dick take his canoe out of storage at Spike's cabin?

9. What is Dick's design for his cabin?

10. Why does Dick decide to hunt ram?

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