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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 15, The Old Koyukon Ways and Chapter 16, Siwash.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what year was Edwin Simon born?
(a) 1915.
(b) 1921.
(c) 1898.
(d) 1901.

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

3. James was arrested for illegally selling ___ for the Indians.
(a) Fur clothes.
(b) Booze.
(c) Trapped furs.
(d) Caribou hooves.

4. Who told Sidney about "kallyhocuses" to scare him into not wandering away from home?
(a) His mom.
(b) Weaselheart.
(c) Old Mama.
(d) His dad.

5. Sidney went to a potlatch where he heard a high language spoken by the tribal ___ and also learned about his status as a "Siwash."
(a) Priests.
(b) Women.
(c) Elders.
(d) Chiefs.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Anna marry Victor Bifelt?

2. At what age did Sidney fight a boy for calling him a half breed dirty coward?

3. The Collins orphans lost their mom to ___.

4. At the Anvik Mission Sidney became friends with orphans Homer and ___ Collins.

5. Who taught Sidney and Jimmy how to make snowshoes while they were away at school near Anchorage?

(see the answer key)

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