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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. Sidney and his young siblings hid where when they heard an approaching steamboat near their home, after Anna died?
(a) In the store cellar.
(b) In the nearby woods.
(c) On the cabin roof.
(d) In the bottom of the boat.

2. What Indian helped Sidney in Alatna when ever Sidney's dad had to leave?
(a) Chief John.
(b) Chief Paul.
(c) Edwin Simon.
(d) Sakeroni.

3. How old were the "fresh" vegetables that were cargo on the steamboat that Sidney and Jimmy rode home from Eklutna?
(a) Three weeks.
(b) One month.
(c) Two weeks.
(d) A few days.

4. Sidney brought logs down the river in a ___, imitating a man he saw do it.
(a) Raft.
(b) Canoe.
(c) Fishing boat.
(d) Whipsaw boat.

5. Sidney finished building his boat at the Batza River how many days before the ice on the river broke?
(a) 3.
(b) 7.
(c) 6.
(d) 2.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who told Sidney about "kallyhocuses" to scare him into not wandering away from home?

2. At what age did Sidney start wandering and exploring the wilderness surrounding his home?

3. Using a steel cable from helping a friend repair an ___, Sidney set a snare to catch the bear that raided the family fish stores.

4. How old was Sidney when he heard the Nulato firing rifle shots to greet boats arriving for a funeral?

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

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