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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 19, Beaver and Chapter 20, Snarling Grizzly Bears.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Using a steel cable from helping a friend repair an ___, Sidney set a snare to catch the bear that raided the family fish stores.
(a) Trapline.
(b) Airplane.
(c) Car.
(d) Boat engine.

2. Jimmy was sick on the trip to ___ with undiagnosed tuberculosis.
(a) Bear Creek.
(b) Alatna.
(c) Eklutna.
(d) Clear Creek.

3. Sidney helped ___ fix a boat engine while his dad was at the trapping grounds.
(a) Cosmos Mountain.
(b) Chief Paul.
(c) Hog River Johnny.
(d) Sakeroni.

4. What did the court give Anna for her very long walk home?
(a) A travel visa.
(b) Food vouchers.
(c) Release papers.
(d) A note.

5. Following survival advice, Sidney described how he built one fire to melt the snow, dry green branches and __.
(a) Keep him warm.
(b) Cook food.
(c) Keep animals away.
(d) Bare the ground.

Short Answer Questions

1. At what age did Sidney start wandering and exploring the wilderness surrounding his home?

2. Charlie amazed Sidney by felling a moose from __ yards away.

3. Who is the Koyukon elder Sidney visited in the hospital who talked about letting the weak and the sick die so only the strong survived?

4. Whose life saving advice about two fires helped Sidney survive overnight in the cold when he got lost while tracking and trapping a marten?

5. In what year did the mining company bring in a gold mining dredge and Sidney worked as foreman?

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