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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 11, The Flood and Chapter 12, Snaring a Grizzly.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the census taker's guide die from?
(a) Animal attack.
(b) Tuberculosis.
(c) Starvation.
(d) Bad fish.

2. How old were the "fresh" vegetables that were cargo on the steamboat that Sidney and Jimmy rode home from Eklutna?
(a) A few days.
(b) One month.
(c) Two weeks.
(d) Three weeks.

3. 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) Mail.
(c) Snares.
(d) Rope.

4. Once Sidney's family safely arrived at their cabin, Sidney and his dad set out to replace supplies and equipment lost in the flood, leaving __ behind to pan for gold.
(a) Charlie.
(b) Ned.
(c) Ada.
(d) John.

5. At what age did Sidney start wandering and exploring the wilderness surrounding his home?
(a) 5.
(b) 2.
(c) 1.
(d) 3.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much did Sidney get paid for selling his boat to John Stickman?

2. Whose two daughters were taken by the Russians when the Russians first arrived in the Koyukon area?

3. "Siwash" is a derogatory term for what?

4. After Sidney and his siblings were reunited with their father, all the family came for a memorial ___ for Anna.

5. On Anna's walk home she opened her eyes one morning and found whose son watching her?

(see the answer key)

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