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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. Sidney and his young siblings hid where when they heard an approaching steamboat near their home, after Anna died?
(a) In the store cellar.
(b) On the cabin roof.
(c) In the nearby woods.
(d) In the bottom of the boat.

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

3. Since a ____ was blocking the trail to get help Sidney and his young siblings decided to take a boat on the river after Anna's death.
(a) Brown Bear.
(b) Grizzly Bear.
(c) Polar Bear.
(d) Black Bear.

4. On Anna's walk home she opened her eyes one morning and found whose son watching her?
(a) Ned's.
(b) Dominic's.
(c) Her's.
(d) Schilikuk's.

5. For how many months was Jimmy hospitalized after he and Sidney arrived at the Eklutna Vocational School?
(a) 8.
(b) 3.
(c) 4.
(d) 6.

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. Sidney and his young siblings set out to get help from ____ after Anna's death.

4. Sidney's dad sent the kids to a mission how many miles from home because he could not run the store and care for them at the same time after Anna's death?

5. Who told Sidney about "kallyhocuses" to scare him into not wandering away from home?

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