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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5, Alatna and Chapter 6, Eklutna.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On the riverboat to Alatna, Sidney and his dad visited whose grave?
(a) Ada's.
(b) Anna's.
(c) Old Mama's.
(d) Marion's.

2. James came to what mining camp during the Alaskan Gold Rush?
(a) Eklutna's.
(b) Clear Creek's.
(c) Dawson's.
(d) Alatna's.

3. In Alatna Kitty had a son named ___ who was Sidney's age.
(a) Abraham.
(b) Gilbert.
(c) Carl.
(d) Andrew.

4. What did Sidney's dad, James S. Huntington, deliver by dog sled as part of his job when he first came to the Koyukuk?
(a) Money.
(b) Snares.
(c) Mail.
(d) Rope.

5. Sidney and his dad traveled to Alatna by riverboat, a boat owned by ___.
(a) Charlie Swanson.
(b) Ben Derrick.
(c) John Evans.
(d) John Stickman.

Short Answer Questions

1. On one of the riverboat stops on the way to Alatna, at the village of Hughes, Sidney saw ___ again.

2. Who taught Sidney and Jimmy how to make snowshoes while they were away at school near Anchorage?

3. When did Anna marry Victor Bifelt?

4. In what year did Dad call Sidney and Jimmy home from school to learn how to live off the land?

5. Sidney and his young siblings hid where when they heard an approaching steamboat near their home, after Anna died?

(see the answer key)

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