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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. When the flooding water rose dangerously close to the cabin roof, the family left their diminishing refuge and escaped on the river in a canoe and ___.
(a) The Vixen.
(b) The Ark.
(c) Sidney's boat.
(d) The Koyukuk.

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

3. In Alatna while Sidney's dad was away he stayed with Kitty ___.
(a) Regan.
(b) Evans.
(c) Oldman.
(d) Vernetti.

4. Old Mama was married to ____.
(a) Dominic Vernetti.
(b) Ned Regan.
(c) Hog River Johnny.
(d) John Evans.

5. Sidney's Aunt Eliza's last name was ___.
(a) Attla.
(b) Oldman.
(c) Evans.
(d) Thomas.

Short Answer Questions

1. What boat did John Stickman salvage off the ice after the flood and return to Sidney and his family?

2. Who did Sidney's Dad accompany that lost both legs to frostbite because of walking through less than an inch of sub-freezing water?

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

4. It was ___ degrees when Sidney returned from checking his traps in sub-freezing temperatures at the Batza River.

5. On the riverboat to Alatna, Sidney and his dad visited whose grave?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. When did the family restrict children to the inside during deep cold and why was a thermometer valuable?

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

7. Why did Dad send the kids 500 miles away after Anna died?

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

9. 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?

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

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