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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Sidney's first wife's name was __.
(a) Angela.
(b) Celia.
(c) Marion.
(d) Jenny.

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

3. On the Fourth of July who surprisingly won the local canoe race?
(a) Sidney.
(b) Ezra.
(c) Homer.
(d) Jimmy.

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

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

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

7. In what year did Sidney quit drinking?
(a) 1962.
(b) 1965.
(c) 1958.
(d) 1963.

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

9. Who flew Sidney's pregnant wife to the hospital after the dog sled accident?
(a) John.
(b) Cosmos.
(c) Herman.
(d) Ben.

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

11. Over how many years, after finding the dead moose killed by wolves, were wolves killed to re-balance the wildlife population?
(a) 3.
(b) 4.
(c) 5.
(d) 2.

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

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

14. The Galena AFB turned this small village of 35 into a city of ____.
(a) 4,000.
(b) 3,000.
(c) 5,000.
(d) 10,000.

15. When did Edwin Simon live in permanent housing with electricity, running water, and appliances?
(a) 1945-1967.
(b) 1950-1975.
(c) 1960-1979.
(d) 1962-1987.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of Weaselheart's wife who helped him kill beaver?

2. What did Jimmy and Sidney name the 30 foot boat that they built together as described in Chapter 13 "On Our Own?"

3. Who threw a stick at a moose and the moose charged?

4. In 1939 Sidney and Jimmy built a ___ foot boat.

5. According to Sidney, when did Edwin Simon experience and use things like motorboats, oil, gas and buying food at trading posts?

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