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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. On the way to ___ Sidney and his pregnant wife had a sledding accident and she was flown to the hospital.

2. When Jimmy got married in 1934, he went to live with his wife's family where?

3. In Chapter 24 "Galena," who made fur clothes to help support their family?

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

5. On his month off from service to his government what elder traveled with Sidney on his hunting trip for a "last hunt?"

Short Essay Questions

1. According to Chapter 13, "On Our Own," what happened one October when Jimmy was bear hunting and he tracked a bear to its den?

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

3. Who was Herman Lerdahl?

4. 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?

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

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

7. Who was Ben Derrick?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

Essay Topic 2

What was Prohibition? How did Prohibition affect rural Alaska? How did it affect Sidney and Jimmy? What are some of the effects of bad liquor? Of alcohol abuse? How was Sidney's life impacted by his alcohol abuse? Why and when did Sidney stop drinking?

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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