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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 words does Dick use to describe the sound of the Chilikadrotna River?
(a) Sweet, calm, quiet.
(b) Rippling, choppy, dark.
(c) Savage, awesome, terrifyingly beautiful.
(d) Shallow, smooth, warm.
2. Who is Frank Bell?
(a) Trapper.
(b) Alaskan National Park ranger.
(c) Tour guide.
(d) Artist.
3. What would Dick like to give the spruce grouse pecking at his gravel path in "Until Another Spring"?
(a) Bird seed.
(b) Last of his sourdough batter.
(c) Caribou meat.
(d) Rolled oats.
4. What does Dick see clustered beneath the water where the Chilikadrotna River begins?
(a) Snakes.
(b) Minnows.
(c) Trout.
(d) Turtles.
5. What does Dick oil at the end of the book?
(a) Rifle.
(b) Canoe.
(c) Tools.
(d) Hinges.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Dick believe teamwork has resulted in?
2. How does the red runt bother Dick's sourdough biscuits?
3. How many months did Dick live in the wilderness?
4. How long does Dick hang the caribou hindquarter under the cache in "Until Another Spring"?
5. What size is the first trout that Dick catches when he is fly fishing in the Chilikadrotna River?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why does Dick intend to leave his cabin for the winter?
2. Is Dick willing to make friends with the red runt?
3. What does Dick see when standing on Eagle's Back?
4. Does the red runt like to scatter Dick's food?
5. What is the weather like on the day Dick stores his things in the cache?
6. What happens when Dick loses his axe?
7. Why does Dick describe himself as an oddball?
8. When Dick spots a caribou bull while canoeing in the lake, what does he hope to do?
9. Describe Dick's comments about the red salmon.
10. Does Dick feel sympathetic toward the red runt?
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