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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 did Edwin Simon live in permanent housing with electricity, running water, and appliances?
(a) 1960-1979.
(b) 1950-1975.
(c) 1962-1987.
(d) 1945-1967.

2. In what year did Sidney have heart trouble and a triple bypass?
(a) 1979.
(b) 1978.
(c) 1980.
(d) 1982.

3. How many moose killed by wolves were found in 1956 with the meat barely touched?
(a) 15.
(b) 8.
(c) 10.
(d) 12.

4. How many wolves were killed during the re-balancing process described by Sidney in Chapter 22 "Koyukuk Wolves?"
(a) 350.
(b) 300.
(c) 400.
(d) 600.

5. At what age did Sidney fight a boy for calling him a half breed dirty coward?
(a) 12.
(b) 13.
(c) 16.
(d) 15.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 24 "Galena," who made fur clothes to help support their family?

2. How old was the girl Sidney described as getting her clothes wet and when he offered her a blanket while her clothes dried by the fire he was stopped so she could get "strong?"

3. Who found several moose killed by wolves with most of the meat barely touched?

4. In what year did Sidney and Charlie, his dad's partner, go upstream looking for better trapping prospects and find moose tracks?

5. Sidney met his first wife at ____.

Short Essay Questions

1. Why was Sidney's dad at the Alaska Pioneer's Home and why did he leave?

2. What did Sidney do when he learned an instrument?

3. Why did two Eskimos tell Sidney to cut off the hooves of a caribou when they came upon him dressing the caribou?

4. Who was Ben Derrick?

5. What happened when Sidney and Jimmy went beaver hunting in the mid-1930s?

6. According to Chapter 16, "Siwash," what did Sidney do after he got lost while tracking and trapping a marten?

7. What happened in the story Golchik told Sidney about spearing a grizzly bear?

8. What happened when Sidney and his dad's partner, Charlie went upstream looking for better trapping prospects in 1929?

9. In 1937 what happened after Sidney killed a moose for his uncle Hog River Johnny?

10. According to Chapter 13, "On Our Own," what happened one October when Jimmy was bear hunting and he tracked a bear to its den?

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