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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. Anna walked more than ___ miles through the tundra back home after her step-father's murder trial.
(a) 800.
(b) 1,000.
(c) 400.
(d) 600.

2. One of the family's most important possessions was a thermometer accurate to ___ degrees.
(a) -100.
(b) -95.
(c) -98.
(d) -105.

3. After their dad retired from trapping, at what ages did Jimmy and Sidney go trapping on their own?
(a) 15 and 16.
(b) 16 and 17.
(c) 14 and 16.
(d) 13 and 16.

4. James was arrested for illegally selling ___ for the Indians.
(a) Trapped furs.
(b) Fur clothes.
(c) Caribou hooves.
(d) Booze.

5. What tool was Dad reluctant to let Jimmy use while helping to build Sidney's boat?
(a) An axe.
(b) A hammer.
(c) A drill.
(d) A whipsaw.

Short Answer Questions

1. After Sidney had snared and killed the bear that raided the family's fish stores, they got a visit from his Aunt ___.

2. What type of trees did Sidney use for lumber when he built his first boat?

3. In what year was Edwin Simon born?

4. Old Mama was married to ____.

5. Following survival advice, Sidney described how he built one fire to melt the snow, dry green branches and __.

(see the answer key)

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