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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

2. Following survival advice, Sidney described how he built one fire to melt the snow, dry green branches and __.
(a) Keep animals away.
(b) Cook food.
(c) Bare the ground.
(d) Keep him warm.

3. On his month off from service to his government what elder traveled with Sidney on his hunting trip for a "last hunt?"
(a) Oldman.
(b) Chief Paul.
(c) Chief John.
(d) Golchik.

4. Which one of Sidney's sons mistook a wolf in a trap for a sled dog and let it go?
(a) Caleb.
(b) Carl.
(c) Gilbert.
(d) Arnold.

5. Two Eskimos came upon Sidney dressing caribou and advised him to cut off what part of the carcass since wolves subsisted off these long-lasting parts?
(a) Nose.
(b) Hooves.
(c) Heads.
(d) Ears.

6. Charlie amazed Sidney by felling a moose from __ yards away.
(a) 600.
(b) 100.
(c) 500.
(d) 200.

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

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

9. At what age did Sidney fight a boy for calling him a half breed dirty coward?
(a) 16.
(b) 12.
(c) 15.
(d) 13.

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

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

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

13. Whose fourteen kids died of tuberculosis?
(a) Sidney's.
(b) Jimmy's.
(c) Hog River Johnny's.
(d) Weasleheart's.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. "Siwashing out" means living off the land without what?

2. In ___ Sidney went to work for a mining company, drilling at his dad's former claim.

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

4. Sidney and his first wife divorced in ___.

5. Over how many years, after finding the dead moose killed by wolves, were wolves killed to re-balance the wildlife population?

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