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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Anna and Victor had two children named Fred and _____ as mentioned in the first chapter of the book.

2. How old were the "fresh" vegetables that were cargo on the steamboat that Sidney and Jimmy rode home from Eklutna?

3. When the family escaped the flood caused by the Koyukuk River's breaking ice, they traveled to their cabin at ____.

4. Two Indians helped James escape after he was arrested, Monkey John and ____.

5. According to Chapter 12 "Snaring a Grizzly," a ___ bear raided the family's fish stores one night, so Sidney decided to catch it.

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Sidney learn about his father when they spent time in Alatna?

2. Sidney heard rifle shots when he was 12. Why were the Nulato firing these shots?

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

4. Why did Sidney decide to catch a grizzly in Chapter 12, "Snaring a Grizzly?"

5. Why did Anna walk 400 miles home from Nome?

6. According to Chapter 8, "The Batza River Trapline," why did Sidney and his family travel upriver toward Batza River?

7. What happened when Sidney stole a pocket knife from John Evans's store?

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

9. What relationship did Homer and Sidney have, and why did it end?

10. What happened when the Koyukuk River ice started to break up mid-May in 1928?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In one chapter, Sidney talks about Edwin Simon and how his "three lives" embody the changes in the Athapaskan culture. Who are the Athapaskan? Who is Edwin Simon? What are these "three lives," and when do they occur? How do they embody the changes in the Athapaskan culture?

Essay Topic 2

How did moose hunting become a yearly tradition for Sidney and his family? What surprised Sidney about a moose he shot from his boat? How does Sidney describe what he thinks facilitated moose migration into the Koyukuk?

Essay Topic 3

How did wolves factor into the thinning moose population in Koyukuk? What role did Donald Stickman play in wolf population control? How does Sidney describe the controversy that existed over the several years about wolf control practices?

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