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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. In what year did James sell his share in the Alatna trading post?
(a) 1915.
(b) 1937.
(c) 1932.
(d) 1925.

2. In Chapter 9, "Deep Cold," Sidney's family was still at the Batza River and the subfreezing temperature was below ___, which made groundwater hazardous.
(a) -75 degrees Fahrenheit.
(b) -60 degrees Fahrenheit.
(c) -20 degrees Fahrenheit.
(d) -50 degrees Fahrenheit.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Two Indians helped James escape after he was arrested, Monkey John and ____.

2. At one point, how many men helped lift the riverboat over shallow riffles as it traveled to Alatna?

3. How old was Sidney when his mom died?

4. What did the court give Anna for her very long walk home?

5. Homer and Sidney became good friends but this ended when Homer died in ___.

(see the answer key)

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