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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what year was Sidney Huntington born?
(a) 1901.
(b) 1915.
(c) 1923.
(d) 1927.

2. After Sidney had snared and killed the bear that raided the family's fish stores, they got a visit from his Aunt ___.
(a) Susie.
(b) Ada.
(c) Sophy.
(d) Alice.

3. Children were not allowed outside when the temperature was below ___ degrees.
(a) -58.
(b) -20.
(c) -60.
(d) -50.

4. It was ___ degrees when Sidney returned from checking his traps in sub-freezing temperatures at the Batza River.
(a) -75.
(b) -78.
(c) -58.
(d) -60.

5. What was the name of Sidney and Jimmy's one and half year old sister who was almost taken by a bear?
(a) Ada.
(b) Marion.
(c) Alice.
(d) Susie.

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

7. While at the Batza River, as described in Chapter 10 "My First Boat," when did Sidney decide to build a boat?
(a) May.
(b) March.
(c) April.
(d) February.

8. Anticipating the depression, Sidney and his dad traveled to the town of Tanana, population ____, to sell off furs while the prices were high.
(a) 125.
(b) 35.
(c) 600.
(d) 400.

9. Sidney and his dad traveled upriver to Alatna because James had a ___ their with a partner.
(a) Fur trapping trade.
(b) Fishing boat.
(c) Mail delivery line.
(d) Trading post.

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

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

12. How much money did Sidney's family make selling some of the salmon they caught after the flood?
(a) $175.
(b) $250.
(c) $500.
(d) $360.

13. 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) Chiefs.
(b) Elders.
(c) Women.
(d) Priests.

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

15. Anna and Victor had two children named Fred and _____ as mentioned in the first chapter of the book.
(a) Marion.
(b) Edith.
(c) Susie.
(d) Kitty.

Short Answer Questions

1. Sidney's family was still short $___ to buy winter supplies and equipment after everything they did to earn cash after the flood.

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

3. Sidney's family sent word that they had chosen a ___ year old girl as Sidney's wife, which Sidney refused.

4. In Alatna while Sidney's dad was away he stayed with Kitty ___.

5. When did Anna marry Victor Bifelt?

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