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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What Indian helped Sidney in Alatna when ever Sidney's dad had to leave?
(a) Chief Paul.
(b) Sakeroni.
(c) Edwin Simon.
(d) Chief John.

2. What boat did John Stickman salvage off the ice after the flood and return to Sidney and his family?
(a) Sidney's boat.
(b) The Koyukuk.
(c) The Ark.
(d) The Vixen.

3. In what year did Sidney visit Anchorage and see his first movie and first car?
(a) 1927.
(b) 1935.
(c) 1922.
(d) 1928.

4. When the family escaped the flood caused by the Koyukuk River's breaking ice, they traveled to their cabin at ____.
(a) Yukon River.
(b) Hog River.
(c) Kateel River.
(d) Nulato River.

5. Sidney brought logs down river, and he made ___ for six logs.
(a) $8.
(b) $6.
(c) $4.
(d) $2.

6. Sidney's last year of formal schooling as a kid was what grade?
(a) Fifth.
(b) Third.
(c) Fourth.
(d) Sixth.

7. Where did Sidney and Jimmy see their first train?
(a) Cutoff.
(b) Anchorage.
(c) Tanana.
(d) Nenana.

8. Old Mama was married to ____.
(a) Hog River Johnny.
(b) Dominic Vernetti.
(c) Ned Regan.
(d) John Evans.

9. When Sidney returned from trapping in sub-freezing temperatures at the Batza River he had a bit of frostbite on his cheeks and his ___.
(a) Hand.
(b) Toes.
(c) Left foot.
(d) Little finger.

10. How old was Sidney when he walked through snow to get help at the mining camp for his sick dad?
(a) 3.
(b) 5.
(c) 4.
(d) 6.

11. Sidney brought logs down the river in a ___, imitating a man he saw do it.
(a) Raft.
(b) Canoe.
(c) Whipsaw boat.
(d) Fishing boat.

12. Sidney's Aunt Eliza's last name was ___.
(a) Attla.
(b) Oldman.
(c) Thomas.
(d) Evans.

13. How old was Sidney when his mom died?
(a) 4.
(b) 7.
(c) 6.
(d) 5.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Anna marry Victor Bifelt?

2. At the Anvik Mission Sidney learned to trust Rev. ___.

3. According to Chapter 12 "Snaring a Grizzly," a ___ bear raided the family's fish stores one night, so Sidney decided to catch it.

4. After Sidney and his young siblings were reunited with their dad after Anna's death, who confessed to stealing candy and cookies from the store?

5. How much money did Sidney's family make selling some of the salmon they caught after the flood?

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