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

2. Who helped Sidney and his dad harvest the family potato garden?
(a) Weaselheart.
(b) John Evans.
(c) Eklutna John.
(d) Charlie Swanson.

3. In Alatna Kitty had a son named ___ who was Sidney's age.
(a) Andrew.
(b) Abraham.
(c) Gilbert.
(d) Carl.

4. Anna traveled to ___ for her step-father's murder trial.
(a) Nulato.
(b) Tanana.
(c) Cutoff.
(d) Nome.

5. On Anna's walk home she opened her eyes one morning and found whose son watching her?
(a) Her's.
(b) Ned's.
(c) Schilikuk's.
(d) Dominic's.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. As Sidney and his family traveled toward Batza River, they stayed overnight with Sidney's Aunt Eliza and she made them mittens and ___.

3. How much did Sidney get paid for selling his boat to John Stickman?

4. Sidney's mom died from eating bad ___.

5. After his escape, James returned home to New York to visit whom?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How did the Collins boys come to be at the Anvik Mission?

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

5. According to Chapter 8, "The Batza River Trapline," how did Sidney and Jimmy help the family prepare for winter?

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

7. When did Sidney decide to build a boat according to Chapter 10, "My First Boat," and what did he do?

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

9. Why did Sidney decide to catch a grizzly in Chapter 12, "Snaring a Grizzly?"

10. Why was James arrested according to Chapter 2, "Kallyhocuses?"

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