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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. What did Sidney do with the green branches that he dried in one fire after he built a second fire, when he had to stay outside overnight in the cold?
(a) Used them to feed the first fire.
(b) Made a bed on the ground.
(c) Used them as fuel for a second fire.
(d) Made a covering to sleep under.

2. The Koyukon rituals for animal spirits included keeping the spirits happy and not letting them ___.
(a) Die.
(b) Get hurt.
(c) Become angry.
(d) Run free.

3. Where was the Indian from that told Sidney a story about how storyteller's dad and partner tracked and killed some strangers?
(a) Kateel.
(b) Nulato.
(c) Cutoff.
(d) Anchorage.

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

5. Jimmy died in _____.
(a) 1985
(b) 1984
(c) 1983
(d) 1987

Short Answer Questions

1. Sidney and his first wife divorced in ___.

2. In ___ Sidney went to work for a mining company, drilling at his dad's former claim.

3. How many pounds did the moose weigh that Sidney shot while he and his family were on their boat?

4. On the Fourth of July who surprisingly won the local canoe race?

5. Which one of Sidney's sisters is mentioned in Chapter 23 "Booze" as dying from tuberculosis?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who was Ben Derrick?

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

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

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

5. As described in Chapter 21, "Koyukuk Moose," what happened when Sidney's family was out hunting moose in their boat?

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

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

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

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

10. After Donald Stickman found 12 moose killed by wolves, how was the wolf population "controlled?"

(see the answer keys)

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