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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. What type of trees did Sidney use for lumber when he built his first boat?

2. Sidney and Jimmy traveled back home from school on a steamboat with ___.

3. While on the Batza River, in deep cold, Sidney went out to collect animals from his traps when the temperature was at ____.

4. As Sidney and his family traveled toward Batza River, they stayed overnight with Sidney's Aunt Eliza and she made them mittens and ___.

5. It was ___ degrees when Sidney returned from checking his traps in sub-freezing temperatures at the Batza River.

Short Essay Questions

1. What happened when Sidney and his siblings tried to get help after Anna died?

2. What did Sidney describe about a census taker and his guide?

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

4. Why did the relationship between Victor and Ned come to murder?

5. What happened when Sidney went out to check his traps in sub-freezing temperatures in Chapter 9, "Deep Cold."

6. Who helped James escape after he was arrested?

7. While in Alatna what did Sidney study at school?

8. Why did Dad send the kids 500 miles away after Anna died?

9. What happened when Anna's step dad came home after the trial?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Sidney reflects in the last chapter of the book about his life. What does Sidney reflect on in this last chapter and what do these reflections reveal about him, his family, and his willingness to help others become more than their circumstances in the Koyukuk?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

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?

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