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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What type of trees did Sidney use for lumber when he built his first boat?
(a) Spruce.
(b) Aspen.
(c) Birch.
(d) Fir.

2. When Sidney checked his traps during sub-freezing temperatures while at the Batza River he found a ___ in one of his traps and killed it for its fur.
(a) Wolf.
(b) Wolverine.
(c) Fox.
(d) Lynx.

3. To whom was Aunt Sophy married?
(a) Little Sammy.
(b) Hog River Johnny.
(c) Ned Regan.
(d) Weaselheart.

4. On one of the riverboat stops on the way to Alatna, at the village of Hughes, Sidney saw ___ again.
(a) Ezra Collins.
(b) His uncle Weaselheart.
(c) Sakeroni.
(d) His grandma.

5. On the riverboat to Alatna, Sidney and his dad visited whose grave?
(a) Marion's.
(b) Ada's.
(c) Anna's.
(d) Old Mama's.

Short Answer Questions

1. While at the Batza River, as described in Chapter 10 "My First Boat," when did Sidney decide to build a boat?

2. Sidney and his young siblings hid where when they heard an approaching steamboat near their home, after Anna died?

3. Who taught Sidney and Jimmy how to make snowshoes while they were away at school near Anchorage?

4. While on the Batza River, in deep cold, Sidney went out to collect animals from his traps when the temperature was at ____.

5. According to Chapter 12 "Snaring a Grizzly," a ___ bear raided the family's fish stores one night, so Sidney decided to catch it.

Short Essay Questions

1. According to Chapter 8, "The Batza River Trapline," what did Sidney and his dad do one year in March in anticipation of a coming depression?

2. What happened in Chapter 3, "Three Babes," after Anna took her three youngest children hunting and fishing?

3. Who helped the riverboat headed to Alatna get over the shallow riffles as explained in Chapter 5, "Alatna?"

4. What story did Old Man Demoski tell Sidney about the Russians when they first arrived in the Koyukon area?

5. Why did Sidney fight so much when he first arrived at the Eklutna Vocational School?

6. What relationship did Homer and Sidney have, and why did it end?

7. Why was Jimmy hospitalized for six months in Eklutna?

8. Why was the family left with only money from fur trading done in Tanana after the flood?

9. How did Sidney's family escape the flood after they realized it would rise higher than they originally anticipated?

10. What happened when Sidney went out to check his traps in sub-freezing temperatures in Chapter 9, "Deep Cold."

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