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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. Who taught Sidney and Jimmy how to make snowshoes while they were away at school near Anchorage?
(a) Sakeroni.
(b) Eklutna John.
(c) Chief Paul.
(d) Hog River Johnny.

2. The extremely low temperatures at the Batza River, as described in chapter 9, "Deep Cold" went on for how many weeks?
(a) 6.
(b) 4.
(c) 3.
(d) 2.

3. Whose two daughters were taken by the Russians when the Russians first arrived in the Koyukon area?
(a) Chief John.
(b) Chief Lolee-ann.
(c) Chief Paul.
(d) Chief Thomas.

4. Sidney and his dad traveled upriver to Alatna because James had a ___ their with a partner.
(a) Trading post.
(b) Fishing boat.
(c) Fur trapping trade.
(d) Mail delivery line.

5. Homer and Sidney became good friends but this ended when Homer died in ___.
(a) 1915.
(b) 1928.
(c) 1925.
(d) 1921.

Short Answer Questions

1. After Sidney and his siblings were reunited with their father, all the family came for a memorial ___ for Anna.

2. Sidney and his young siblings hid where when they heard an approaching steamboat near their home, after Anna died?

3. What was the name of the Eskimo trader that Sidney's maternal grandfather befriended?

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. Large pieces of broken ice from the Koyukuk River ___ in the river causing a flood.

(see the answer key)

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