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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. At one point, how many men helped lift the riverboat over shallow riffles as it traveled to Alatna?
(a) 25.
(b) 10.
(c) 15.
(d) 20.

2. Large pieces of broken ice from the Koyukuk River ___ in the river causing a flood.
(a) Melted.
(b) Jammed.
(c) Broke up.
(d) Floated.

3. On one of the riverboat stops on the way to Alatna, at the village of Hughes, Sidney saw ___ again.
(a) Ezra Collins.
(b) His grandma.
(c) Sakeroni.
(d) His uncle Weaselheart.

4. 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) Two weeks.
(c) Three weeks.
(d) One month.

5. After Sidney and his siblings were reunited with their father, all the family came for a memorial ___ for Anna.
(a) Cremation.
(b) Funeral.
(c) Potlatch.
(d) Burial.

Short Answer Questions

1. While on the Batza River, in deep cold, Sidney went out to collect animals from his traps when the temperature was at ____.

2. What was the last name of the census worker that had to stay with Sidney's family at the Batza River?

3. Who insisted that Sidney had earned to right to a woman with his bear kill?

4. Who did Sidney's Dad accompany that lost both legs to frostbite because of walking through less than an inch of sub-freezing water?

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

(see the answer key)

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