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

2. Sidney met his first wife at ____.

3. Who found several moose killed by wolves with most of the meat barely touched?

4. In 1934 Sidney's dad went to the Alaska Pioneer Home in ___ because of failing health.

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Why did two Eskimos tell Sidney to cut off the hooves of a caribou when they came upon him dressing the caribou?

5. In 1937 what happened after Sidney killed a moose for his uncle Hog River Johnny?

6. What happened when Sidney and Jimmy went beaver hunting in the mid-1930s?

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

8. Who is Edwin Simon?

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

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

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

Sidney talks about three Charlies in the book: Charlie Swanson, Charlie Irish, and Charlie Evans. Explain where each Charlie first comes into Sidney's life, what impact each has on Sidney's life and why, and then consider how Sidney's life might have been different without contact with each Charlie.

Essay Topic 3

Sidney tells how he survived a night in the woods by following advice from Edwin Simon. What was this advice? How did the advice help Sidney survive the night and have enough energy to get home? In other words, why did the advice work? How was this an example of "siwashing out?"

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