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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where was the Indian from that told Sidney a story about how storyteller's dad and partner tracked and killed some strangers?
(a) Kateel.
(b) Anchorage.
(c) Nulato.
(d) Cutoff.

2. Charlie amazed Sidney by felling a moose from __ yards away.
(a) 500.
(b) 100.
(c) 600.
(d) 200.

3. Sidney killed a moose for which one of his uncles, and this uncle brought his whole family to prepare the meat and the hide over several days?
(a) Chief Thomas.
(b) Weasleheart.
(c) Chief Paul.
(d) Hog River Johnny.

4. In 1934 Jimmy married ___.
(a) Celia.
(b) Angela.
(c) Jenny.
(d) Marion.

5. In what year did Jimmy tow fuel for military planes?
(a) 1941.
(b) 1942.
(c) 1945.
(d) 1943.

6. After their dad retired from trapping, at what ages did Jimmy and Sidney go trapping on their own?
(a) 13 and 16.
(b) 16 and 17.
(c) 14 and 16.
(d) 15 and 16.

7. After his wife died in 1941, Jimmy married ____.
(a) Marion.
(b) Flora.
(c) Celia.
(d) Jenny.

8. What family business did Sidney have to fight through the bureaucracy to make legal?
(a) Salmon fishing.
(b) Fur trading.
(c) Lynx trapping.
(d) Salmon smokehouse.

9. Jimmy died in _____.
(a) 1983
(b) 1985
(c) 1984
(d) 1987

10. On the Fourth of July who surprisingly won the local canoe race?
(a) Sidney.
(b) Ezra.
(c) Jimmy.
(d) Homer.

11. How many pounds did the moose weigh that Sidney shot while he and his family were on their boat?
(a) 800.
(b) 900.
(c) 1,00.
(d) 1,200.

12. How did Weaselheart kill passive beavers with his wife's help?
(a) Rifle shots.
(b) Drowning.
(c) Bow and Arrow.
(d) By club.

13. "Siwashing out" means living off the land without what?
(a) Half breeds.
(b) Other People.
(c) Equipment.
(d) Dogs.

14. Over how many years, after finding the dead moose killed by wolves, were wolves killed to re-balance the wildlife population?
(a) 2.
(b) 5.
(c) 3.
(d) 4.

15. Who told Sidney about evidence of strangers and how the storyteller's dad and another tracked and killed the strangers?
(a) Weasleheart.
(b) Hog River Johnny.
(c) Young Tobey.
(d) Sakeroni.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which one of Sidney's sons mistook a wolf in a trap for a sled dog and let it go?

2. Sidney was 18, and after exploring the former ___ he decided to hunt there.

3. In what year did the mining company bring in a gold mining dredge and Sidney worked as foreman?

4. How many wolves were killed during the re-balancing process described by Sidney in Chapter 22 "Koyukuk Wolves?"

5. The Koyukon rituals for animal spirits included keeping the spirits happy and not letting them ___.

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