My Side of the Mountain Trivia Quiz

Answer: A book from the New York Public Library

Before Sam left for the mountains, he researched on catching food in the wild. But probably the most he learned was what he taught himself.

Answer: Catskills

Sam's grandfather Gribley tried to make a living on a farm in the Catskills, but after a while he gave up and went back to sea, since "the land is no place for a Gribley."

Answer: Lima beans

Sam eats these with dandelions, which make for a rather strange, but not bad - especially if you're hungry - lunch.

Answer: Hemlock

The hemlock tree is six feet in diameter. At first Sam couldn't figure out where to establish his permanent home, but then he thought of burning out the inside of one of the giant trees and living inside it. He also makes one into a storehouse for his food, and, later on, a guesthouse.

Answer: She's the biggest

In a library book about hawking, Sam read that the females are the biggest and most aggressive of the peregrine falcon, so he figured that was the kind of bird he needed to supply him with meat.

Answer: True

Sam is awed to think that an outlaw who's running from the law is camping near his tree, but when Bando wakes up and says that he's actually an English professor, Sam laughs at himself.

Answer: Sets out food for the forest animals

At first the animals don't eat much of the food, but soon the word travels all around the forest and raccoons, squirrels, mice, and more are all eagerly feasting. When the animals start to invade his tree, however, Sam realizes that maybe feeding them wasn't such a good idea.

Answer: At the drugstore in town

Mr. Jacket walks around Sam, wondering why he's wearing a deerskin suit, then says, "Well, if it isn't Daniel Boone!"

Answer: Yes

At first Sam tries to tell Matt (an after-school worker of the Poughkeepsie New Yorker) that he's seen the wild boy and that he's a completely different person, but Matt sees through it and writes about Sam instead. However, Matt strikes a deal that if Sam will let Matt come to stay with him during spring vacation, he won't publicize the article.

Answer: Dismay

Sam's mother doesn't want anyone to think she's neglected raising Sam, so she says, "Well, if he doesn't want to come home, then we will bring home to him." And that was the end of the way Sam's life had been for the past year.