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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 11, The Flood and Chapter 12, Snaring a Grizzly.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. With the approaching flood caused by the Koyukuk ice, Sidney's family quickly stashed items on the cabin roof and in ___.
(a) Neighbor's boat.
(b) Sidney's boat.
(c) The Vixen.
(d) Nearby elevated cave.

2. It was ___ degrees when Sidney returned from checking his traps in sub-freezing temperatures at the Batza River.
(a) -60.
(b) -78.
(c) -58.
(d) -75.

3. Anna walked more than ___ miles through the tundra back home after her step-father's murder trial.
(a) 600.
(b) 1,000.
(c) 800.
(d) 400.

4. Anna traveled to ___ for her step-father's murder trial.
(a) Tanana.
(b) Nulato.
(c) Cutoff.
(d) Nome.

5. Sidney and his young siblings set out to get help from ____ after Anna's death.
(a) Charlie Swanson.
(b) Dominic Vernetti.
(c) Eklutna John.
(d) John Evans.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In Chapter 9, "Deep Cold," Sidney's family was still at the Batza River and the subfreezing temperature was below ___, which made groundwater hazardous.

3. According to Chapter 12 "Snaring a Grizzly," a ___ bear raided the family's fish stores one night, so Sidney decided to catch it.

4. Sidney's dad sent the kids to a mission how many miles from home because he could not run the store and care for them at the same time after Anna's death?

5. Sidney finished building his boat at the Batza River how many days before the ice on the river broke?

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