Quizlet MPCS5thMySideofMountainChs6-10

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  1. According to Sam, what do cattails taste like after they are cooked (Ch6)?: just like potatoes
  2. Did Sam return home that night (ch8)?: no, he slept outside in a bough bed
  3. How did Sam get a deer (Ch10)?: he found a dead deer on the edge of the meadow
  4. How did Sam know the trout were hungry (ch7)?: minnows and everything else were jumping out of the water
  5. How did Sam preserve his food for later use (ch10)?: he would smoke the food until it was dry- the best way to preserve extra food
  6. How has Sam's diet changed (Ch6)?: with summer - he was eating more frog legs, rabbit, turtle and a good supply of cattail roots
  7. What animal will Sam train to hunt for him (Ch6)?: the Duck Hawk - the peregrine falcon (the king's provider)
  8. What did he do with the seasoning he made (ch9)?: he tried it on frog legs for breakfast
  9. What did he name his falcon and how did she get her name (Ch7)?: he named her Frightful because of the difficulties they had in getting together. She did not hink gently of Sam at first.
  10. What did Sam call this animal (ch9)?: the Barron
  11. What did Sam catch in his trap (Ch8)?: the food was rabbit
  12. What did Sam catch in his trap (ch9)?: the Barron - a weasel
  13. What did Sam do to get his falcon (Ch7)?: he climbed the sheer wall of cliffs - dug in with his toes and hands and made his way up the steep cliff
  14. What did Sam feed Frightful that morning (Ch9)?: bites of rabbit
  15. What did Sam make out of an oaken board (ch9)?: a shovel
  16. What did Sam make to season his food (Ch9)?: he made salt from hickory sticks, boiled dry - that leave a salty residue
  17. What did Sam put in his rabbit soup for seasoning (ch8)?: wild garlic and Jack-in-the-Pulpits - a root that tastes like a potato
  18. What did Sam use to catch animals such as turtles and rabbits (Ch6)?: snares and traps
  19. What do May apples taste like according to Sam (Ch7)?: a very sweet banana
  20. What impressed Sam about the animal he caught (ch9)?: the fact that the weasel was absolutely unafraid
  21. What kind of animal (insect) makes these noises - "pop, pip, pop?" (Ch10): earthworms
  22. What kind of steak did Sam eat for many days (Ch10)?: venison steaks
  23. What kind of wood did Sam use to make his bed (Ch6)?: the ash tree
  24. What made Sam forget about the man (ch8)?: Frightful and all the plans he had for hoods and jesses (straps) for the falcon
  25. What person did Sam meet that day (Ch 6)?: a little old lady - "Strawberry Lady"
  26. What was Sam watching for when he cooked the trout (ch7)?: he was watching for the falcon because he wanted to see where the nest was
  27. What was the date when Sam finished the house (ch. 6 35-40)?: June 5th - five notches into June
  28. What was the man wearing who was waiting for Sam (Ch8)?: a forester's uniform
  29. What was the old lady doing (Ch6)?: picking strawberries
  30. Where did Sam go (Ch8)?: after circling the meadow, he went over to the gorge - just below the rim of the gorge
  31. Where did Sam sleep that night (ch7)?: in a lean-to near the cliffs
  32. While he watched the cliff, what did Sam cook for breakfast (Ch7)?: baked tubers of the arrow-leaf and boiled mussles
  33. Who cut Sam's hair (Ch7)?: Miss Turner the librarian in Delhi
  34. Who had killed the deer (Ch10)?: a hunter who was a poacher (hunting illegally)
  35. Who helped the old lady (Strawberry Lady) (Ch6)?: unhappily - Sam helped her
  36. Who screamed and caused Sam to jump in a tree (ch 10)?: the Barron Weasel
  37. Why did Sam want to get a deer (ch9)?: for a door for his house, tethers for Frightful, and a blanket for Sam
  38. Why was Sam's shoulder bleeding (Ch7)?: Frightful's mother had hit him when he was trying to take her from the nest