Chapter 18 "I Learn About Birds and Poeple"

1. What kept Sam warm when he walked in the snow? Sam's deerskin rabbit-lined suit.
2.Who were Mr. Bracket, Mrs. O' Brien, Mrs. Callaway, and Mrs. Federio?Mr. Bracket lived on the first floor of Sam's apartment house. Mrs. O' Brien, Mrs. Callaway, and Mrs. Federio would go to the market together.
3. Why did Sam call them these names? Sam called them these names because they all lived on Third Avenue.
4. What day did Bando arrive for Christmas? What was Sam planning to give him for Christmas? Bando came on Christmas Eve. Sam was planning to give Bando a hat.
5. What did Bando tell Sam about? Bando told Sam about the newspaper artical.
6. What music did Sam and Bando play on there willow whistles? They played Holy Night and The Twelve Days of Christmas.
7. Who was too tired to play more? Bando was to tired.
8. Who else visited Sam? How did he know were Sam was? Sam's dad also visited him. He knew where to go because he read the newspaper.
9. What did they have to drink with their Christmas dinner? What was cooked to perfection? Sam made sassafras tea. The steak was cooked to perfection.
10. What did Sam catch and cook for breakfast? Sam made fish.
11. Which guest stayed the longest? Mr. Gribley stayed the longest.
12. Why did Mr. Gribley leave by a different route? He left a different route because people might back his foot steps.

Chapter 17 "I Pile Up Wood and Go on with Winter"

1. Why did Sam keep cutting wood and stacking it in piles? Sam forgot to get firewood.
2. What does the author mean when she said, "Now I am back where I began. I won't tell it again?" The author means it is raining and Sam can take it easy.
3. What was Sam's standby for breakfast on those cold morning? His breakfast was a hard acorn pancake.
4. What two plants did Sam find under the snow? Sam found teaberry plants and wintergreen plants.
5. What did Sam write on during the snowstorm since he did not have paper? Sam used wood.

Chapter 16 "Troubel Begins"

1. What had changed Frightful during the autumn? Frightful's feathers started to change.
2. What did Sam use to cut his hair? Sam used a penknife.
3. Where was Sam when someone called him Daniel Boone? Sam was in New York.
4. How did the boy know Sam was from New York? The Accent is what gave it away.
5. What did Sam tell the boy he was doing on Gribley Farm? Sam tolled him he was doing research.
6. What did Sam call the boy he met in town. Why? Mr. Jacket is what he called him. Sam called him that because he did not ask his name.
7. What did Sam forget to do to get ready for winter? Sam forgot to stack up firewood.

Chapter 15 "I Found Out What to Do with Hunters"

1. What season began early November? Hunting season started early.
2. Why did Sam decide to go to the library? Sam decided to go to the library because he needed exercise.
3.Why did Sam decide he should not go to the library? Sam did not go because he almost got shot by a hunter.
4.Why did the man give up on his deer hunt? He could not see the deer because the deer fell in a bush of ferns.
5. Sam did not have to smoke the last two deer. Why? Sam did not smoke one because he was going to use it as a jacket. The other deer was for a blanket.
6.Why did Sam have trouble tanning the deer hide? Sam had trouble because the water in Sam's oak tree kept freezing at night.

Chapter 14 " We All Learn About Halloween"

1. Who is Sam in competition with when gathering walnuts and hickory nuts? Sam's competition were the squirrels
2. How did Sam prepare apples to save them for winter? Sam prepared the apples by stacking them.
3. What food did Sam serve at the Halloween Party? Sam served a cracked nuts, smoked rabbit, and crayfish.
4. What did Sam discover in an ox bow the stream? Sam discovered that there was no more than a handful.
5. What happened to Sam's house that evening? Sam's house got messy.
6. What four hings did Sam do to get rid of his guests? 1. Sam shouted 2. Sam snarled 3. Sam growled 4. Sam hissed
7. What was the last animal to leave? a bat was the last one to leave.

Chapter 13 "The Autumn Provides Food and Loneliness"

1. What did Sam do during September? Sam pushed a raft down a stream and gathered arrow leaf bulbs, cattail tubers, and bulrush roots.
2. Why did the Baron Weasel look moody? Sam thought it might be his summer fur for his white mantle.
3. What were all the animals preparing for? They were preparing for winter
4. Why did Sam drag clay up the mountain? Sam was going to make a fire place out of the clay he brought up.
5. What was wrong with Frightful when she got back? Frightful was sick.
6. What did Sam do to correct the problem with his heating system? The problem was a rock would not stand up.

Chapter 12 "I Find A Real Man"

1. What did Sam use for soap when he took his bath? Sam used bark of the slippery elm.

2. Who would dig mussels for Sam? Jessie C. James would hunt for Sam

3. Who became an expert hunter? Frightful was the expert hunter. What did he catch? Frightful caught rabbit, Pheasent, and sparrow.

4. What two drinks did Sam make? Sam made venison and cattail tubers.

5. Where was the man when Sam found him? Sam found the man in the catskill mountain 

6. What did Sam make Bando for dinner? Sam made brown puffballs and served it in a nice turtle shell. poor turtle.

7. What did Bando call Sam? Bando called sam Thoreau.

8. How long did Bando stay with Sam? Bando said he could try and last the summer.

9. What did Bando make out of clay? Bando made crude flower pots.

10. When did Bando say he would come back? Bando said he would come back at Christmas.

11. What instruments did Bando and Sam use to make music? They used willow whistles.