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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 15, The Old Koyukon Ways and Chapter 16, Siwash.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On a trip, Sidney and Jimmy passed the highest mountain in North America which is also known as ___.
(a) St. Peter Mountain.
(b) The White Mountain.
(c) Mount McKinley.
(d) The Naked Mountain.

2. To whom was Aunt Sophy married?
(a) Weaselheart.
(b) Hog River Johnny.
(c) Ned Regan.
(d) Little Sammy.

3. Whose life saving advice about two fires helped Sidney survive overnight in the cold when he got lost while tracking and trapping a marten?
(a) James'.
(b) Eklunta John's.
(c) Edwin Simon's.
(d) Charlie Swanson's.

4. Sidney's last year of formal schooling as a kid was what grade?
(a) Fifth.
(b) Sixth.
(c) Third.
(d) Fourth.

5. In Chapter 9, "Deep Cold," Sidney's family was still at the Batza River and the subfreezing temperature was below ___, which made groundwater hazardous.
(a) -60 degrees Fahrenheit.
(b) -20 degrees Fahrenheit.
(c) -75 degrees Fahrenheit.
(d) -50 degrees Fahrenheit.

Short Answer Questions

1. Sidney brought logs down the river in a ___, imitating a man he saw do it.

2. What Indian helped Sidney in Alatna when ever Sidney's dad had to leave?

3. Who helped Sidney mark out the measurements in the bottom of the boat he built at the Batza River?

4. In what year did Sidney and Charlie, his dad's partner, go upstream looking for better trapping prospects and find moose tracks?

5. In what year did James sell his share in the Alatna trading post?

(see the answer key)

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