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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In 1934 Sidney's dad went to the Alaska Pioneer Home in ___ because of failing health.
(a) Sitka.
(b) Kateel.
(c) Nutalo.
(d) Cutoff.

2. How many pounds did the moose weigh that Sidney shot while he and his family were on their boat?
(a) 800.
(b) 1,00.
(c) 900.
(d) 1,200.

3. After their dad retired from trapping, at what ages did Jimmy and Sidney go trapping on their own?
(a) 16 and 17.
(b) 13 and 16.
(c) 15 and 16.
(d) 14 and 16.

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

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

6. What was the name of Weaselheart's wife who helped him kill beaver?
(a) Susie.
(b) Marion.
(c) Josie.
(d) Ada.

7. 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?
(a) Hog River Johnny.
(b) Chief Paul.
(c) Chief Thomas.
(d) Weasleheart.

8. According to Sidney, when did Edwin Simon experience and use things like motorboats, oil, gas and buying food at trading posts?
(a) 1900-1925.
(b) 1930-1960.
(c) 1960-1979.
(d) 1915-1940.

9. In what year did Jimmy tow fuel for military planes?
(a) 1942.
(b) 1943.
(c) 1941.
(d) 1945.

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

11. In 1939 Sidney and Jimmy built a ___ foot boat.
(a) 30.
(b) 28.
(c) 45.
(d) 32.

12. Where was the Indian from that told Sidney a story about how storyteller's dad and partner tracked and killed some strangers?
(a) Kateel.
(b) Nulato.
(c) Cutoff.
(d) Anchorage.

13. On the way to ___ Sidney and his pregnant wife had a sledding accident and she was flown to the hospital.
(a) Bear Creek.
(b) Cutoff.
(c) Kateel.
(d) Clear Creek.

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

15. In 1934 Jimmy married ___.
(a) Angela.
(b) Marion.
(c) Celia.
(d) Jenny.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year did Sidney have heart trouble and a triple bypass?

2. Who told Sidney about evidence of strangers and how the storyteller's dad and another tracked and killed the strangers?

3. Following survival advice, Sidney described how he built one fire to melt the snow, dry green branches and __.

4. 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?"

5. Whose life saving advice about two fires helped Sidney survive overnight in the cold when he got lost while tracking and trapping a marten?

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