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

2. After his wife died in 1941, Jimmy married ____.

3. Charlie amazed Sidney by felling a moose from __ yards away.

4. Sidney's eye was replaced with a glass eye after he injured it while doing what?

5. Sidney killed a moose for which one of his uncles, and this uncle brought his whole family to prepare the meat and the hide over several days?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What did Sidney do when he learned an instrument?

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

4. What happened with Sidney and alcohol?

5. Why was Sidney's dad at the Alaska Pioneer's Home and why did he leave?

6. What happened in the story Golchik told Sidney about spearing a grizzly bear?

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

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

9. What is the Koyukon Indian's attitude about animal spirits?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Beavers are a favored prey for hunters. Discuss why Sidney and others like hunting them, how they are hunted, and what led to beavers almost being killed off. Also provide details about how beavers are skinned and cleaned and what the people do because they believe it will ensure the beaver population does not become extinct.

Essay Topic 2

Throughout the book Sidney describes various ways to travel in rural Alaska as well as his first time experiences with things like cars and trains. First describe the various ways to travel in rural Alaska. Cite at least one example of how Sidney describes this mode of travel being used. Then describe what is considered the best mode of travel in rural Alaska. Next describe Sidney's first contact with a train and seeing a car.

Essay Topic 3

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?

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