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Scouring the house, you locate numerous items hidden under boxes in the attic, including a heavy rope and an old baseball bat from your days of playing softball. One crate has a pair of binoculars in working condition, along with a compass. You also bring out a set of three road flares you kept in storage.

As you race through the house, you recall a petty cash fund in case of emergency. You pull down some tin cans from the back of a cupboard and locate a bundle of rolled cash totaling a thousand dollars.

You focus on any other items that might help. And then it clicks—your botany book. In the summer before your sophomore year of high school, you audited a course at the local college on plant biology. Sure enough, the book sits high on your bookshelf. You flip through the book and know it will be invaluable for helping you identify edible plants should you need to find new sources of food.

As you finish searching the house, you remember buying a few supplies for a camping trip you were hoping to take.