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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. What did the court give Anna for her very long walk home?
(a) A note.
(b) A travel visa.
(c) Release papers.
(d) Food vouchers.

5. How old was Sidney's brother Jimmy when their mom died?
(a) 3.
(b) 5.
(c) 6.
(d) 2.

6. "Siwash" is a derogatory term for what?
(a) Half-Breed.
(b) Indian Chief.
(c) Koyukon Eskimo.
(d) Athapaskan Indian.

7. 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) Elders.
(c) Women.
(d) Chiefs.

8. In what year did James sell his share in the Alatna trading post?
(a) 1925.
(b) 1915.
(c) 1932.
(d) 1937.

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

10. Sidney helped ___ fix a boat engine while his dad was at the trapping grounds.
(a) Hog River Johnny.
(b) Chief Paul.
(c) Cosmos Mountain.
(d) Sakeroni.

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

12. Sidney's mom died from eating bad ___.
(a) Salmon.
(b) Whitefish.
(c) Moose meat.
(d) Beaver meat.

13. Jimmy was sick on the trip to ___ with undiagnosed tuberculosis.
(a) Bear Creek.
(b) Eklutna.
(c) Clear Creek.
(d) Alatna.

14. An ___ lieutenant was killed when the Koyukon Indians finally attacked the Russian fort in retaliation for their actions when they first arrived in the Koyukon area.
(a) French.
(b) English.
(c) American.
(d) Canadian.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Sidney and his young siblings set out to get help from ____ after Anna's death.

2. Homer and Sidney became good friends but this ended when Homer died in ___.

3. How much did Sidney get paid for selling his boat to John Stickman?

4. To whom was Aunt Sophy married?

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

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