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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Chapter 12 "Snaring a Grizzly," a ___ bear raided the family's fish stores one night, so Sidney decided to catch it.
(a) Polar.
(b) Brown.
(c) Grizzly.
(d) Black.

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

3. The extremely low temperatures at the Batza River, as described in chapter 9, "Deep Cold" went on for how many weeks?
(a) 6.
(b) 4.
(c) 3.
(d) 2.

4. How old was Sidney when he heard the Nulato firing rifle shots to greet boats arriving for a funeral?
(a) 8.
(b) 10.
(c) 12.
(d) 15.

5. How many years did Sidney stay at the Anvik Mission, learning the importance of helping others?
(a) 3.
(b) 6.
(c) 4.
(d) 8.

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

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

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

9. When did the census taker's guide, who was sick before the trip began, die?
(a) Summer.
(b) Spring.
(c) Winter.
(d) Fall.

10. Before her death, the Collins' mom was to have married the ___.
(a) Uncle of the Chief.
(b) Chief.
(c) Elder.
(d) Medicine man.

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

12. Using a steel cable from helping a friend repair an ___, Sidney set a snare to catch the bear that raided the family fish stores.
(a) Airplane.
(b) Boat engine.
(c) Trapline.
(d) Car.

13. When the flooding water rose dangerously close to the cabin roof, the family left their diminishing refuge and escaped on the river in a canoe and ___.
(a) The Vixen.
(b) Sidney's boat.
(c) The Koyukuk.
(d) The Ark.

14. Sidney's family was still short $___ to buy winter supplies and equipment after everything they did to earn cash after the flood.
(a) 2,000.
(b) 1,000.
(c) 500.
(d) 3,000.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Sidney's Aunt Eliza's last name was ___.

2. When Sidney returned from trapping in sub-freezing temperatures at the Batza River he had a bit of frostbite on his cheeks and his ___.

3. When did Anna marry Victor Bifelt?

4. The Collins orphans lost their mom to ___.

5. In Chapter 9, "Deep Cold," Sidney's family was still at the Batza River and the subfreezing temperature was below ___, which made groundwater hazardous.

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