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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. It was ___ degrees when Sidney returned from checking his traps in sub-freezing temperatures at the Batza River.
(a) -60.
(b) -58.
(c) -78.
(d) -75.

2. "Siwash" is a derogatory term for what?
(a) Half-Breed.
(b) Indian Chief.
(c) Athapaskan Indian.
(d) Koyukon Eskimo.

3. The Collins orphans lost their mom to ___.
(a) Tuberculosis.
(b) Murder.
(c) Suicide.
(d) Death in child birth.

4. Sidney's last year of formal schooling as a kid was what grade?
(a) Sixth.
(b) Third.
(c) Fifth.
(d) Fourth.

5. Sidney finished building his boat at the Batza River how many days before the ice on the river broke?
(a) 2.
(b) 6.
(c) 7.
(d) 3.

Short Answer Questions

1. Using a steel cable from helping a friend repair an ___, Sidney set a snare to catch the bear that raided the family fish stores.

2. Homer and Sidney became good friends but this ended when Homer died in ___.

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

4. When did Anna marry Victor Bifelt?

5. Old Mama was married to ____.

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How did Sidney's family protect their belongings from a flood described in Chapter 11, "The Flood?"

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

4. What happened when Sidney and his siblings tried to get help after Anna died?

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

6. How did the steamboat passengers help reunite Sidney and his siblings with their dad after Anna died?

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

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

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

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

(see the answer keys)

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