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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) Edwin Simon's.
(b) James'.
(c) Charlie Swanson's.
(d) Eklunta John's.

2. When Jimmy got married in 1934, he went to live with his wife's family where?
(a) Anchorage.
(b) Nulato.
(c) Kateel.
(d) Cutoff.

3. Who had five of their six kids die from tuberculosis?
(a) Jimmy.
(b) Sidney.
(c) Hog River Johnny.
(d) Weaselheart.

4. Sidney's first wife's name was __.
(a) Jenny.
(b) Marion.
(c) Angela.
(d) Celia.

5. What was the name of Sidney's second wife?
(a) Marion.
(b) Celia.
(c) Jenny,
(d) Angela.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose nickname was "Huslia Hustler" for always winning dog sled races?

2. How did Weaselheart kill passive beavers with his wife's help?

3. In what year did Sidney's dad quit trapping and get a job as a jail guard?

4. What was the name of Weaselheart's wife who helped him kill beaver?

5. "Siwashing out" means living off the land without what?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Sidney address the Alaska Board of Education about paying for rural schools in areas with low population?

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

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

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

5. Who was Herman Lerdahl?

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

7. What happened when Sidney went to enlist in the army after the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor in 1941?

8. Who was Ben Derrick?

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

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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