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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Jimmy and Sidney name the 30 foot boat that they built together as described in Chapter 13 "On Our Own?"
(a) The Koyukuk.
(b) The Vixen.
(c) The Ark.
(d) The Boat.

2. How did Weaselheart kill passive beavers with his wife's help?
(a) By club.
(b) Bow and Arrow.
(c) Rifle shots.
(d) Drowning.

3. Who usually won the local canoe race, according to Chapter 13 "On Our Own?"
(a) Charlie Evans.
(b) Charlie Swanson.
(c) Hog River Johnny.
(d) Joe Stickman.

4. In Chapter 18 "Sled Dogs," Sidney described taking his __ year old son Carl trapping.
(a) 6.
(b) 5.
(c) 8.
(d) 4.

5. How many wolves were killed during the re-balancing process described by Sidney in Chapter 22 "Koyukuk Wolves?"
(a) 400.
(b) 600.
(c) 300.
(d) 350.

6. When Sidney taught his kids to hunt, which son killed a bull moose with a bow and arrow?
(a) Gilbert.
(b) Carl.
(c) Arnold.
(d) James.

7. In ___ Sidney went to work for a mining company, drilling at his dad's former claim.
(a) 1941.
(b) 1932.
(c) 1937.
(d) 1942.

8. Who trained the best sled dogs, all one quarter wolf?
(a) Charlie.
(b) Ezra.
(c) Ben.
(d) Donald.

9. "Siwashing out" means living off the land without what?
(a) Half breeds.
(b) Equipment.
(c) Other People.
(d) Dogs.

10. Sidney met his first wife at ____.
(a) Koyukuk Station.
(b) Cutoff.
(c) Tanana.
(d) Nenana.

11. What did Sidney do with the green branches that he dried in one fire after he built a second fire, when he had to stay outside overnight in the cold?
(a) Made a covering to sleep under.
(b) Used them as fuel for a second fire.
(c) Used them to feed the first fire.
(d) Made a bed on the ground.

12. Moose hunting became a yearly tradition with Sidney's family, but the moose population began to thin due to wolves in the ___.
(a) 1960s.
(b) 1970s.
(c) 1940s.
(d) 1950s.

13. According to details in Chapter 23 "Booze," what can lead to blindness and death?
(a) Bad fish.
(b) Alcohol.
(c) Bad water.
(d) Bad Liquor.

14. What family business did Sidney have to fight through the bureaucracy to make legal?
(a) Salmon fishing.
(b) Fur trading.
(c) Salmon smokehouse.
(d) Lynx trapping.

15. Sidney was 18, and after exploring the former ___ he decided to hunt there.
(a) Reservation Land.
(b) Indian Land.
(c) No Man's Land.
(d) Homestead.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the Koyukon elder Sidney visited in the hospital who talked about letting the weak and the sick die so only the strong survived?

2. The Koyukon rituals for animal spirits included keeping the spirits happy and not letting them ___.

3. Who found several moose killed by wolves with most of the meat barely touched?

4. How many moose killed by wolves were found in 1956 with the meat barely touched?

5. Sidney killed a moose for which one of his uncles, and this uncle brought his whole family to prepare the meat and the hide over several days?

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