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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whose life saving advice about two fires helped Sidney survive overnight in the cold when he got lost while tracking and trapping a marten?
(a) Edwin Simon's.
(b) James'.
(c) Eklunta John's.
(d) Charlie Swanson's.

2. Two Eskimos came upon Sidney dressing caribou and advised him to cut off what part of the carcass since wolves subsisted off these long-lasting parts?
(a) Hooves.
(b) Heads.
(c) Nose.
(d) Ears.

3. What was the name of Weaselheart's wife who helped him kill beaver?
(a) Josie.
(b) Marion.
(c) Susie.
(d) Ada.

4. How many moose killed by wolves were found in 1956 with the meat barely touched?
(a) 8.
(b) 15.
(c) 12.
(d) 10.

5. In 1934 Sidney's dad went to the Alaska Pioneer Home in ___ because of failing health.
(a) Sitka.
(b) Cutoff.
(c) Kateel.
(d) Nutalo.

6. Sidney learned an instrument and made himself a guitar and ___.
(a) Fiddle.
(b) A violin.
(c) A tamborine.
(d) Drums.

7. Whose fourteen kids died of tuberculosis?
(a) Sidney's.
(b) Jimmy's.
(c) Weasleheart's.
(d) Hog River Johnny's.

8. 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 Paul.
(b) Chief Thomas.
(c) Hog River Johnny.
(d) Weasleheart.

9. Who had five of their six kids die from tuberculosis?
(a) Weaselheart.
(b) Jimmy.
(c) Sidney.
(d) Hog River Johnny.

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

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

12. Sidney's first wife's name was __.
(a) Celia.
(b) Angela.
(c) Marion.
(d) Jenny.

13. The Athapaskan Indians traded everything with the white men they come in contact with except their ___ which were superior.
(a) Clothes.
(b) Food.
(c) Weapons.
(d) Tools.

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

15. Who is the Koyukon elder Sidney visited in the hospital who talked about letting the weak and the sick die so only the strong survived?
(a) Old Mama.
(b) Johnny Oldman.
(c) His dad.
(d) Vhief Paul.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who trained the best sled dogs, all one quarter wolf?

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

3. Moose hunting became a yearly tradition with Sidney's family, but the moose population began to thin due to wolves in the ___.

4. Sidney met his first wife at ____.

5. Which one of Sidney's sisters is mentioned in Chapter 23 "Booze" as dying from tuberculosis?

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