My side of the mountain Chapter 17

1. When he was cutting wood, he said it kept him busy.
2. The author means that In the beginning of the book, Sam is talking about the snowstorm and him being afraid and what not. So Sam says " Now I'm back where I began. I wont tell it again." So, Sam is back where he started with the snow storm.Sam had found winterberry and teaberry eaves under the ground.
3. Sam's standby for breakfast was Bando's jam on hard acorn pancakes.
4. Sam had found winterberry and teaberry eaves under the ground.
   
5. Sam wrote on birch bark because he had no paper.