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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9, Deep Cold and Chapter 10, My First Boat.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. When did Anna marry Victor Bifelt?
(a) 1900.
(b) 1905.
(c) 1915.
(d) 1898.

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

4. What tool was Dad reluctant to let Jimmy use while helping to build Sidney's boat?
(a) A whipsaw.
(b) A drill.
(c) An axe.
(d) A hammer.

5. How many years did Sidney stay at the Anvik Mission, learning the importance of helping others?
(a) 4.
(b) 6.
(c) 3.
(d) 8.

Short Answer Questions

1. It was ___ degrees when Sidney returned from checking his traps in sub-freezing temperatures at the Batza River.

2. Anna walked more than ___ miles through the tundra back home after her step-father's murder trial.

3. In Chapter 9, "Deep Cold," Sidney's family was still at the Batza River and the subfreezing temperature was below ___, which made groundwater hazardous.

4. What Indian introduced a reluctant Sidney to traditionally prepared salmon which left Sidney smelling bad?

5. Sidney finished building his boat at the Batza River how many days before the ice on the river broke?

(see the answer key)

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