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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 15, The Old Koyukon Ways and Chapter 16, Siwash.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At what age did Sidney start wandering and exploring the wilderness surrounding his home?
(a) 1.
(b) 2.
(c) 5.
(d) 3.

2. Sidney and Jimmy traveled back home from school on a steamboat with ___.
(a) Alice.
(b) Susie.
(c) Marion.
(d) Ada.

3. James was arrested for illegally selling ___ for the Indians.
(a) Fur clothes.
(b) Caribou hooves.
(c) Booze.
(d) Trapped furs.

4. In what year was Sidney Huntington born?
(a) 1901.
(b) 1927.
(c) 1923.
(d) 1915.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Following survival advice, Sidney described how he built one fire to melt the snow, dry green branches and __.

3. After Sidney had snared and killed the bear that raided the family's fish stores, they got a visit from his Aunt ___.

4. How old was Sidney when his mom died?

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

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