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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) His dad.
(c) Johnny Oldman.
(d) Vhief Paul.

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

3. Which one of Sidney's sons mistook a wolf in a trap for a sled dog and let it go?
(a) Carl.
(b) Caleb.
(c) Gilbert.
(d) Arnold.

4. The Galena AFB turned this small village of 35 into a city of ____.
(a) 10,000.
(b) 3,000.
(c) 5,000.
(d) 4,000.

5. Where was Sidney when he saw a pink elephant caused by his excessive drinking?
(a) In bed.
(b) On his sled.
(c) In his trapline.
(d) On his boat.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of Weaselheart's wife who helped him kill beaver?

2. What did Sidney do with the green branches that he dried in one fire after he built a second fire, when he had to stay outside overnight in the cold?

3. Charlie amazed Sidney by felling a moose from __ yards away.

4. Who threw a stick at a moose and the moose charged?

5. Who usually won the local canoe race, according to Chapter 13 "On Our Own?"

Short Essay Questions

1. According to Chapter 13, "On Our Own," what happened one October when Jimmy was bear hunting and he tracked a bear to its den?

2. Who is Edwin Simon?

3. What did Sidney do when he learned an instrument?

4. Who is Johnny Oldman?

5. What happened when Sidney went to enlist in the army after the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor in 1941?

6. What happened in the story Golchik told Sidney about spearing a grizzly bear?

7. Who was Herman Lerdahl?

8. What is the Koyukon Indian's attitude about animal spirits?

9. According to Chapter 16, "Siwash," what did Sidney do after he got lost while tracking and trapping a marten?

10. Why was Sidney's dad at the Alaska Pioneer's Home and why did he leave?

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