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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. Whose life saving advice about two fires helped Sidney survive overnight in the cold when he got lost while tracking and trapping a marten?
(a) James'.
(b) Edwin Simon's.
(c) Charlie Swanson's.
(d) Eklunta John's.

2. Sidney learned an instrument and made himself a guitar and ___.
(a) A violin.
(b) Fiddle.
(c) Drums.
(d) A tamborine.

3. How many pounds did the moose weigh that Sidney shot while he and his family were on their boat?
(a) 800.
(b) 900.
(c) 1,200.
(d) 1,00.

4. Which one of Sidney's sisters is mentioned in Chapter 23 "Booze" as dying from tuberculosis?
(a) Alice.
(b) Susie.
(c) Marion.
(d) Ada.

5. Sidney and his first wife divorced in ___.
(a) 1958.
(b) 1944.
(c) 1935.
(d) 1947.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Edwin Simon live in permanent housing with electricity, running water, and appliances?

2. Sidney met his first wife at ____.

3. In what year was Sidney 18?

4. Sidney's eye was replaced with a glass eye after he injured it while doing what?

5. When Jimmy got married in 1934, he went to live with his wife's family where?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Sidney describe the killing of passive beavers by his uncle and his uncle's wife?

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

3. What is the Koyukon Indian's attitude about animal spirits?

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

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

6. What happened when Sidney's dad dug for gold at Bear Creek?

7. Who is Edwin Simon?

8. What happened when Sidney explored the former No Man's Land?

9. Who is Johnny Oldman?

10. How did tuberculosis affect Sidney's and his uncles' families?

(see the answer keys)

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