 | Term | Definition |
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What was the date when Sam finished the house (ch. 6 35-40)? |
June 5th - five notches into June |
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What kind of wood did Sam use to make his bed (Ch6)? |
the ash tree |
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According to Sam, what do cattails taste like after they are cooked (Ch6)? |
just like potatoes |
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What did Sam use to catch animals such as turtles and rabbits (Ch6)? |
snares and traps |
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What person did Sam meet that day (Ch 6)? |
a little old lady - "Strawberry Lady" |
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What was the old lady doing (Ch6)? |
picking strawberries |
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Who helped the old lady (Strawberry Lady) (Ch6)? |
unhappily - Sam helped her |
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What animal will Sam train to hunt for him (Ch6)? |
the Duck Hawk - the peregrine falcon (the king's provider) |
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How has Sam's diet changed (Ch6)? |
with summer - he was eating more frog legs, rabbit, turtle and a good supply of cattail roots |
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Who cut Sam's hair (Ch7)? |
Miss Turner the librarian in Delhi |
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What do May apples taste like according to Sam (Ch7)? |
a very sweet banana |
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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 |
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Where did Sam sleep that night (ch7)? |
in a lean-to near the cliffs |
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While he watched the cliff, what did Sam cook for breakfast (Ch7)? |
baked tubers of the arrow-leaf and boiled mussles |
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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 |
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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. |
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Why was Sam's shoulder bleeding (Ch7)? |
Frightful's mother had hit him when he was trying to take her from the nest |
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How did Sam know the trout were hungry (ch7)? |
minnows and everything else were jumping out of the water |
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What was the man wearing who was waiting for Sam (Ch8)? |
a forester's uniform |
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Where did Sam go (Ch8)? |
after circling the meadow, he went over to the gorge - just below the rim of the gorge |
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What did Sam catch in his trap (Ch8)? |
the food was rabbit |
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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 |
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Did Sam return home that night (ch8)? |
no, he slept outside in a bough bed |
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What made Sam forget about the man (ch8)? |
Frightful and all the plans he had for hoods and jesses (straps) for the falcon |
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What did Sam feed Frightful that morning (Ch9)? |
bites of rabbit |
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What did Sam catch in his trap (ch9)? |
the Barron - a weasel |
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What impressed Sam about the animal he caught (ch9)? |
the fact that the weasel was absolutely unafraid |
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What did Sam call this animal (ch9)? |
the Barron |
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Why did Sam want to get a deer (ch9)? |
for a door for his house, tethers for Frightful, and a blanket for Sam |
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What did Sam make to season his food (Ch9)? |
he made salt from hickory sticks, boiled dry - that leave a salty residue |
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What did he do with the seasoning he made (ch9)? |
he tried it on frog legs for breakfast |
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What did Sam make out of an oaken board (ch9)? |
a shovel |
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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 |
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Who screamed and caused Sam to jump in a tree (ch 10)? |
the Barron Weasel |
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How did Sam get a deer (Ch10)? |
he found a dead deer on the edge of the meadow |
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Who had killed the deer (Ch10)? |
a hunter who was a poacher (hunting illegally) |
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What kind of steak did Sam eat for many days (Ch10)? |
venison steaks |
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What kind of animal (insect) makes these noises - "pop, pip, pop?" (Ch10) |
earthworms |
