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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where was Sidney when he saw a pink elephant caused by his excessive drinking?
(a) In bed.
(b) On his boat.
(c) On his sled.
(d) In his trapline.

2. 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) Edwin Simon's.
(b) Charlie Swanson's.
(c) James'.
(d) Eklunta John's.

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

4. 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) 1940s.
(c) 1950s.
(d) 1970s.

5. Who threw a stick at a moose and the moose charged?
(a) Jimmy.
(b) Hog River Johnny.
(c) Weasleheart.
(d) sidney.

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

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

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

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

10. The Athapaskan Indians traded everything with the white men they come in contact with except their ___ which were superior.
(a) Food.
(b) Tools.
(c) Clothes.
(d) Weapons.

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

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

13. 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.

14. The Koyukon rituals for animal spirits included keeping the spirits happy and not letting them ___.
(a) Become angry.
(b) Get hurt.
(c) Run free.
(d) Die.

15. 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) Weasleheart.
(b) Chief Thomas.
(c) Hog River Johnny.
(d) Chief Paul.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Edwin Simon live in permanent housing with electricity, running water, and appliances?

2. How did Weaselheart kill passive beavers with his wife's help?

3. In what year did Sidney's dad quit trapping and get a job as a jail guard?

4. The Galena AFB turned this small village of 35 into a city of ____.

5. Sidney was 18, and after exploring the former ___ he decided to hunt there.

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