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

2. Who usually won the local canoe race, according to Chapter 13 "On Our Own?"
(a) Charlie Evans.
(b) Hog River Johnny.
(c) Charlie Swanson.
(d) Joe Stickman.

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

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

5. The Koyukon rituals for animal spirits included keeping the spirits happy and not letting them ___.
(a) Run free.
(b) Die.
(c) Get hurt.
(d) Become angry.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 24 "Galena," who made fur clothes to help support their family?

2. In what year was Sidney 18?

3. Who flew Sidney's pregnant wife to the hospital after the dog sled accident?

4. Where was the Indian from that told Sidney a story about how storyteller's dad and partner tracked and killed some strangers?

5. On his month off from service to his government what elder traveled with Sidney on his hunting trip for a "last hunt?"

Short Essay Questions

1. Who was Ben Derrick?

2. Who was Herman Lerdahl?

3. Who is Edwin Simon?

4. What happened when Sidney and Jimmy went beaver hunting in the mid-1930s?

5. What happened when Sidney and his dad's partner, Charlie went upstream looking for better trapping prospects in 1929?

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

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

8. As described in Chapter 21, "Koyukuk Moose," what happened when Sidney's family was out hunting moose in their boat?

9. How did Sidney describe the killing of passive beavers by his uncle and his uncle's wife?

10. Who is Johnny Oldman?

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