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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 19, Beaver and Chapter 20, Snarling Grizzly Bears.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. One of the family's most important possessions was a thermometer accurate to ___ degrees.
(a) -105.
(b) -95.
(c) -98.
(d) -100.

2. On a trip, Sidney and Jimmy passed the highest mountain in North America which is also known as ___.
(a) Mount McKinley.
(b) The White Mountain.
(c) St. Peter Mountain.
(d) The Naked Mountain.

3. Jimmy was sick on the trip to ___ with undiagnosed tuberculosis.
(a) Clear Creek.
(b) Bear Creek.
(c) Alatna.
(d) Eklutna.

4. According to Chapter 11 "The Flood," when did the Koyukuk River ice start to break up?
(a) Early April 1928.
(b) Mid-May 1928.
(c) Spring 1927.
(d) March 1927.

5. In 1941 Sidney tried to join the ___.
(a) Air Force.
(b) Navy.
(c) Army.
(d) Coast Guard.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year did James sell his share in the Alatna trading post?

2. Whose two daughters were taken by the Russians when the Russians first arrived in the Koyukon area?

3. Sidney and his siblings consumed canned ___ from the trading post after their mom died.

4. Before her death, the Collins' mom was to have married the ___.

5. On the Fourth of July who surprisingly won the local canoe race?

(see the answer key)

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