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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. When did Edwin Simon live in permanent housing with electricity, running water, and appliances?
2. In what year did Jimmy tow fuel for military planes?
3. 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?
4. In what year did Sidney and Charlie, his dad's partner, go upstream looking for better trapping prospects and find moose tracks?
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. According to Chapter 16, "Siwash," what did Sidney do after he got lost while tracking and trapping a marten?
2. What happened in the story Golchik told Sidney about spearing a grizzly bear?
3. What is the Koyukon Indian's attitude about animal spirits?
4. Why did Sidney address the Alaska Board of Education about paying for rural schools in areas with low population?
5. 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?
6. After Donald Stickman found 12 moose killed by wolves, how was the wolf population "controlled?"
7. Who is Edwin Simon?
8. Who was Ben Derrick?
9. As described in Chapter 21, "Koyukuk Moose," what happened when Sidney's family was out hunting moose in their boat?
10. How did tuberculosis affect Sidney's and his uncles' families?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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?
Essay Topic 2
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?
Essay Topic 3
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.
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