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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In what year did the mining company bring in a gold mining dredge and Sidney worked as foreman?
(a) 1965.
(b) 1955.
(c) 1975.
(d) 1958.

3. Sidney's eye was replaced with a glass eye after he injured it while doing what?
(a) Driving a dog sled.
(b) Chopping Wood.
(c) Reparing an engine.
(d) Fixing a trap.

4. 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 Ark.
(c) The Vixen.
(d) The Boat.

5. In what year was Sidney 18?
(a) 1935.
(b) 1933.
(c) 1942.
(d) 1938.

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

7. Who found several moose killed by wolves with most of the meat barely touched?
(a) Donald Stickman.
(b) Charlie Swanson.
(c) Charlie Evans.
(d) Ben Derrick.

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

9. Who told Sidney about evidence of strangers and how the storyteller's dad and another tracked and killed the strangers?
(a) Weasleheart.
(b) Young Tobey.
(c) Hog River Johnny.
(d) Sakeroni.

10. Whose nickname was "Huslia Hustler" for always winning dog sled races?
(a) Charlie.
(b) Hog River Johnny.
(c) Sidney.
(d) Jimmy.

11. Whose life saving advice about two fires helped Sidney survive overnight in the cold when he got lost while tracking and trapping a marten?
(a) Eklunta John's.
(b) Charlie Swanson's.
(c) James'.
(d) Edwin Simon's.

12. Jimmy died in _____.
(a) 1987
(b) 1984
(c) 1983
(d) 1985

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

14. Who had five of their six kids die from tuberculosis?
(a) Sidney.
(b) Hog River Johnny.
(c) Jimmy.
(d) Weaselheart.

15. Which one of Sidney's sisters is mentioned in Chapter 23 "Booze" as dying from tuberculosis?
(a) Alice.
(b) Susie.
(c) Marion.
(d) Ada.

Short Answer Questions

1. Sidney and his first wife divorced in ___.

2. In 1941 Sidney tried to join the ___.

3. How old was the girl Sidney described as getting her clothes wet and when he offered her a blanket while her clothes dried by the fire he was stopped so she could get "strong?"

4. Who flew Sidney's pregnant wife to the hospital after the dog sled accident?

5. Who trained the best sled dogs, all one quarter wolf?

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