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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. On a trip, Sidney and Jimmy passed the highest mountain in North America which is also known as ___.
(a) The Naked Mountain.
(b) St. Peter Mountain.
(c) The White Mountain.
(d) Mount McKinley.

2. Children were not allowed outside when the temperature was below ___ degrees.
(a) -58.
(b) -20.
(c) -50.
(d) -60.

3. After Sidney and his siblings were reunited with their father, all the family came for a memorial ___ for Anna.
(a) Potlatch.
(b) Cremation.
(c) Burial.
(d) Funeral.

4. Sidney helped ___ fix a boat engine while his dad was at the trapping grounds.
(a) Cosmos Mountain.
(b) Chief Paul.
(c) Hog River Johnny.
(d) Sakeroni.

5. Sidney went to a potlatch where he heard a high language spoken by the tribal ___ and also learned about his status as a "Siwash."
(a) Chiefs.
(b) Elders.
(c) Women.
(d) Priests.

Short Answer Questions

1. Before her death, the Collins' mom was to have married the ___.

2. Sidney's family sent word that they had chosen a ___ year old girl as Sidney's wife, which Sidney refused.

3. Old Mama was married to ____.

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

5. Sidney's family salmon fished after the flood to help replenish supplies, and they caught ___ salmon.

Short Essay Questions

1. While in Alatna what did Sidney study at school?

2. What did Sidney learn about his father when they spent time in Alatna?

3. What are "kallyhocuses" and why was Sidney told about them as a child?

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

5. What story did Sidney recount about a soldier to convey the hazards of groundwater in sub-freezing temperatures?

6. 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?

7. What happened when the Koyukuk River ice started to break up mid-May in 1928?

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

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

10. What did Sidney describe about a census taker and his guide?

(see the answer keys)

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