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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Alatna while Sidney's dad was away he stayed with Kitty ___.
(a) Oldman.
(b) Evans.
(c) Regan.
(d) Vernetti.

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

3. With the approaching flood caused by the Koyukuk ice, Sidney's family quickly stashed items on the cabin roof and in ___.
(a) Sidney's boat.
(b) The Vixen.
(c) Neighbor's boat.
(d) Nearby elevated cave.

4. Chief John was Sidney's __ uncle.
(a) Eskimo.
(b) Youngest.
(c) Great.
(d) Oldest.

5. Sidney's family salmon fished after the flood to help replenish supplies, and they caught ___ salmon.
(a) 5,000.
(b) 8,000.
(c) 20,000.
(d) 10,000.

6. Sidney and his young siblings set out to get help from ____ after Anna's death.
(a) Charlie Swanson.
(b) Dominic Vernetti.
(c) Eklutna John.
(d) John Evans.

7. Two Indians helped James escape after he was arrested, Monkey John and ____.
(a) Chief Paul.
(b) Chief Thomas.
(c) Chief Lolee-ann.
(d) Chief John.

8. According to Chapter 11 "The Flood," when did the Koyukuk River ice start to break up?
(a) March 1927.
(b) Spring 1927.
(c) Mid-May 1928.
(d) Early April 1928.

9. 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) Priests.
(c) Elders.
(d) Women.

10. What type of trees did Sidney use for lumber when he built his first boat?
(a) Aspen.
(b) Fir.
(c) Spruce.
(d) Birch.

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

12. Sidney and Jimmy traveled back home from school on a steamboat with ___.
(a) Alice.
(b) Ada.
(c) Susie.
(d) Marion.

13. James came to what mining camp during the Alaskan Gold Rush?
(a) Clear Creek's.
(b) Eklutna's.
(c) Alatna's.
(d) Dawson's.

14. For how many months was Jimmy hospitalized after he and Sidney arrived at the Eklutna Vocational School?
(a) 3.
(b) 6.
(c) 8.
(d) 4.

15. Sidney and his dad traveled to Alatna by riverboat, a boat owned by ___.
(a) Charlie Swanson.
(b) John Stickman.
(c) Ben Derrick.
(d) John Evans.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In what year was Sidney Huntington born?

3. Who insisted that Sidney had earned to right to a woman with his bear kill?

4. When the family escaped the flood caused by the Koyukuk River's breaking ice, they traveled to their cabin at ____.

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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