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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 13, On Our Own and Chapter 14, No Man's Land.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Sidney learned an instrument and made himself a guitar and ___.
(a) A tamborine.
(b) Fiddle.
(c) A violin.
(d) Drums.

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

3. What did Jimmy and Sidney name the 30 foot boat that they built together as described in Chapter 13 "On Our Own?"
(a) The Boat.
(b) The Ark.
(c) The Vixen.
(d) The Koyukuk.

4. Anticipating the depression, Sidney and his dad traveled to the town of Tanana, population ____, to sell off furs while the prices were high.
(a) 600.
(b) 125.
(c) 35.
(d) 400.

5. What was the name of the Russian commandant who upon arrival in the Koyukon area took the Koyukon Indian Chief's two daughters?
(a) Cosmos.
(b) Ishtvan.
(c) Derzhavin.
(d) Demoski.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was the Indian from that told Sidney a story about how storyteller's dad and partner tracked and killed some strangers?

2. 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.

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. The Nulato fired rifle shots greeting guests for the funeral of Old Man __.

5. What boat did John Stickman salvage off the ice after the flood and return to Sidney and his family?

(see the answer key)

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