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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9, Deep Cold and Chapter 10, My First Boat.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Children were not allowed outside when the temperature was below ___ degrees.
(a) -20.
(b) -60.
(c) -58.
(d) -50.

2. At one point, how many men helped lift the riverboat over shallow riffles as it traveled to Alatna?
(a) 15.
(b) 20.
(c) 10.
(d) 25.

3. When did the census taker's guide, who was sick before the trip began, die?
(a) Winter.
(b) Summer.
(c) Spring.
(d) Fall.

4. Since a ____ was blocking the trail to get help Sidney and his young siblings decided to take a boat on the river after Anna's death.
(a) Polar Bear.
(b) Brown Bear.
(c) Grizzly Bear.
(d) Black Bear.

5. An ___ lieutenant was killed when the Koyukon Indians finally attacked the Russian fort in retaliation for their actions when they first arrived in the Koyukon area.
(a) French.
(b) Canadian.
(c) American.
(d) English.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Sidney returned from trapping in sub-freezing temperatures at the Batza River he had a bit of frostbite on his cheeks and his ___.

2. After his escape, James returned home to New York to visit whom?

3. Who told Sidney about "kallyhocuses" to scare him into not wandering away from home?

4. Whose two daughters were taken by the Russians when the Russians first arrived in the Koyukon area?

5. Sidney and his dad traveled upriver to Alatna because James had a ___ their with a partner.

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