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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 17, Koyokuk Gold and Chapter 18, Sled Dogs.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When the flooding water rose dangerously close to the cabin roof, the family left their diminishing refuge and escaped on the river in a canoe and ___.
(a) Sidney's boat.
(b) The Ark.
(c) The Koyukuk.
(d) The Vixen.

2. On the way to ___ Sidney and his pregnant wife had a sledding accident and she was flown to the hospital.
(a) Kateel.
(b) Clear Creek.
(c) Bear Creek.
(d) Cutoff.

3. In 1934 Jimmy married ___.
(a) Jenny.
(b) Angela.
(c) Celia.
(d) Marion.

4. Who trained the best sled dogs, all one quarter wolf?
(a) Donald.
(b) Ben.
(c) Charlie.
(d) Ezra.

5. Who flew Sidney's pregnant wife to the hospital after the dog sled accident?
(a) Cosmos.
(b) John.
(c) Ben.
(d) Herman.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Alatna while Sidney's dad was away he stayed with Kitty ___.

2. Sidney's last year of formal schooling as a kid was what grade?

3. Jimmy was sick on the trip to ___ with undiagnosed tuberculosis.

4. On one of the riverboat stops on the way to Alatna, at the village of Hughes, Sidney saw ___ again.

5. When the family escaped the flood caused by the Koyukuk River's breaking ice, they traveled to their cabin at ____.

(see the answer key)

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