Wilderness Survival

You've strayed from your party in trackless timber and have no special signaling equipment. The best way to try to contact your friends is to:

• Call for help loudly, but in a low register

• Yell or scream as loud as you can

• Whistle loudly and shrilly

• GROUP ANSWER: ____

You're in snake country. Your best way to avoid them is to:

• Make a lot of noise with your feet

• Walk softly and quietly

• Travel at night

• GROUP ANSWER: ____

You're hungry and lost in wild country. The best rule for determining which plants are safe to eat is to:

• Try anything you see the birds eat

• Eat anything except plants with bright red berries

• Put a bit of the plant on your lower lip for five minutes. If it seems all right, try a little.

• GROUP ANSWER: ____

The day becomes dry and hot. You have 32 ounces of water in an insulated water bottle. You should:

• Ration it -- about a 8 ounces a day

• Not drink until you stop for the night; then, drink what you need.

• Drink as much as you think you need when you need it

• GROUP ANSWER: ____

Your water is gone. You're very thirsty and find a dried-up watercourse. Your best chance of finding water is to:

• Dig anywhere in the stream bed

• Dig up plant and tree roots near the bank

• Dig in the stream bed at the outside of a bend

• GROUP ANSWER: ____

You decide to walk out of the wild country by following a series of ravines where a water supply is available. Night is coming on. The best place to make camp is:

• Next to the water supply in the ravine

• High on a ridge

• Midway up the slope

• GROUP ANSWER: ____

Your flashlight glows dimly as you are about to make your way back to your campsite after a brief foraging trip. Darkness comes quickly in the woods, and the surroundings seem unfamiliar. You should:

• Head back at once, keeping the light on, hoping the light will glow enough for you to make out landmarks

• Put the batteries under your armpits to warm them and then replace them in the flashlight

• Shine your light for a few seconds, try to get the scene in mind, move out of the darkness and repeat the process

• GROUP ANSWER: ____

An early snow confines you to your small tent. You doze with your small stove going. There is a danger if the flame is:

• Yellow

• Blue

• Red

• GROUP ANSWER: ____

You must ford a river that has a strong current, large rocks and some white water. After carefully selecting your crossing spot, you should:

• Leave your boots and pack on

• Take your boots and pack off

• Take your pack off, but leave your boots on

• GROUP ANSWER: ____

In waist deep water with a strong current, when crossing the stream, you should face:

• Upstream

• Across the stream

• Downstream

• GROUP ANSWER: ____