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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 17, Koyokuk Gold and Chapter 18, Sled Dogs.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What boat did John Stickman salvage off the ice after the flood and return to Sidney and his family?
(a) The Vixen.
(b) The Koyukuk.
(c) The Ark.
(d) Sidney's boat.

2. Large pieces of broken ice from the Koyukuk River ___ in the river causing a flood.
(a) Floated.
(b) Jammed.
(c) Broke up.
(d) Melted.

3. Sidney's first wife's name was __.
(a) Marion.
(b) Angela.
(c) Jenny.
(d) Celia.

4. In what year did Dad call Sidney and Jimmy home from school to learn how to live off the land?
(a) 1927.
(b) 1928.
(c) 1924.
(d) 1932.

5. Of the salmon Sidney's family caught after the flood to replenish supplies how much did they keep to feed the dogs through the winter?
(a) 3,000.
(b) 2,000.
(c) 1,000.
(d) 4,000.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much money did Sidney's family make selling some of the salmon they caught after the flood?

2. In what year did Sidney visit Anchorage and see his first movie and first car?

3. In ___ Sidney went to work for a mining company, drilling at his dad's former claim.

4. In what year did the mining company bring in a gold mining dredge and Sidney worked as foreman?

5. Using a steel cable from helping a friend repair an ___, Sidney set a snare to catch the bear that raided the family fish stores.

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