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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. Who told Sidney about evidence of strangers and how the storyteller's dad and another tracked and killed the strangers?
2. Instead of letting Sidney enlist in 1941, the government sent him to ___ to work as a sheet metal worker.
3. In 1934 Sidney's dad went to the Alaska Pioneer Home in ___ because of failing health.
4. In what year did Sidney's dad quit trapping and get a job as a jail guard?
5. Two Eskimos came upon Sidney dressing caribou and advised him to cut off what part of the carcass since wolves subsisted off these long-lasting parts?
Short Essay Questions
1. Who was Ben Derrick?
2. What did Sidney do when he learned an instrument?
3. What happened when Sidney and his dad's partner, Charlie went upstream looking for better trapping prospects in 1929?
4. What happened when Sidney went to enlist in the army after the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor in 1941?
5. What is the Koyukon Indian's attitude about animal spirits?
6. What happened with Sidney and alcohol?
7. Why did publishers change the ages of Sidney and his siblings at the time of Anna's death in both Sidney's and Jimmy's autobiographies?
8. Who is Johnny Oldman?
9. What happened when Sidney's dad dug for gold at Bear Creek?
10. According to Chapter 13, "On Our Own," what happened one October when Jimmy was bear hunting and he tracked a bear to its den?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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?
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
In the first few chapters of the book Sidney describes his life in Koyukuk as a young child under the age of six. Explain the challenges Sidney faced at this time in his life, including his mother's death, getting help for his sick dad, and his habit of wandering off at a young age. Also discuss how Sidney deals with each challenge.
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