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

2. Whose life saving advice about two fires helped Sidney survive overnight in the cold when he got lost while tracking and trapping a marten?

3. In what year did Sidney have heart trouble and a triple bypass?

4. According to details in Chapter 23 "Booze," what can lead to blindness and death?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What happened when Sidney and his dad's partner, Charlie went upstream looking for better trapping prospects in 1929?

4. Who was Ben Derrick?

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

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

7. What happened when Sidney explored the former No Man's Land?

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

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

10. As described in Chapter 21, "Koyukuk Moose," what happened when Sidney's family was out hunting moose in their boat?

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

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

Sidney and Jimmy get married more than once. Who are the wives? How do they meet each one? Do they have any kids? Do they stay together? If not, why not?

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