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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. Old Mama was married to ____.
2. While at the Batza River, as described in Chapter 10 "My First Boat," when did Sidney decide to build a boat?
3. When did Anna marry Victor Bifelt?
4. Sidney helped ___ fix a boat engine while his dad was at the trapping grounds.
5. When the family escaped the flood caused by the Koyukuk River's breaking ice, they traveled to their cabin at ____.
Short Essay Questions
1. Why did the relationship between Victor and Ned come to murder?
2. Why was the family left with only money from fur trading done in Tanana after the flood?
3. Sidney heard rifle shots when he was 12. Why were the Nulato firing these shots?
4. What happened when Sidney went out to check his traps in sub-freezing temperatures in Chapter 9, "Deep Cold."
5. What story did Old Man Demoski tell Sidney about the Russians when they first arrived in the Koyukon area?
6. What relationship did Homer and Sidney have, and why did it end?
7. What happened when Anna's step dad came home after the trial?
8. According to Chapter 8, "The Batza River Trapline," how did Sidney and Jimmy help the family prepare for winter?
9. What are "kallyhocuses" and why was Sidney told about them as a child?
10. What happened in Chapter 3, "Three Babes," after Anna took her three youngest children hunting and fishing?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
How does Sidney learn to become a carpenter and end up doing work in Galena? During this time the family builds a salmon fishing business and then a salmon smokehouse. How does each business come about and why does Sidney sell the fishing business at some point?
Essay Topic 2
Deep cold can be dangerous in Alaska. How does Sidney convey the danger and hazards of deep cold in Chapter 9? What key factors make deep cold so hazardous? What precautions and safeguards did Sidney and others use to survive in deep cold?
Essay Topic 3
Sidney learns about spear hunting grizzly bears. How does he learn about this method? What is involved in this method? Also, explain how Sidney catches a grizzly using a snare and why he did it?
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