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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Alatna Kitty had a son named ___ who was Sidney's age.

2. While on the Batza River, in deep cold, Sidney went out to collect animals from his traps when the temperature was at ____.

3. 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?

4. As Sidney and his family traveled toward Batza River, they stayed overnight with Sidney's Aunt Eliza and she made them mittens and ___.

5. Large pieces of broken ice from the Koyukuk River ___ in the river causing a flood.

Short Essay Questions

1. When did the family restrict children to the inside during deep cold and why was a thermometer valuable?

2. What did Sidney learn about his father when they spent time in Alatna?

3. While in Alatna what did Sidney study at school?

4. Why did Dad send the kids 500 miles away after Anna died?

5. Why did Sidney decide to catch a grizzly in Chapter 12, "Snaring a Grizzly?"

6. What story did Old Man Demoski tell Sidney about the Russians when they first arrived in the Koyukon area?

7. According to Chapter 8, "The Batza River Trapline," why did Sidney and his family travel upriver toward Batza River?

8. What happened in Chapter 3, "Three Babes," after Anna took her three youngest children hunting and fishing?

9. Sidney heard rifle shots when he was 12. Why were the Nulato firing these shots?

10. Who helped the riverboat headed to Alatna get over the shallow riffles as explained in Chapter 5, "Alatna?"

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What role do sled dogs play in Sidney's life? Why does Sidney think treating his dogs well helped save his life when he has an accident while Jenny is hospitalized? What does Jenny warn Sidney about when he fears a dog that attacked him? How does Sidney's brother Jimmy exhibit his skill in handling sled dogs?

Essay Topic 2

How does Sidney learn to become a carpenter and end up doing work in Galena? During this time the family builds a salmon fishing business and then a salmon smokehouse. How does each business come about and why does Sidney sell the fishing business at some point?

Essay Topic 3

How did wolves factor into the thinning moose population in Koyukuk? What role did Donald Stickman play in wolf population control? How does Sidney describe the controversy that existed over the several years about wolf control practices?

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