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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Chapter 12 "Snaring a Grizzly," a ___ bear raided the family's fish stores one night, so Sidney decided to catch it.

2. After Sidney and his young siblings were reunited with their dad after Anna's death, who confessed to stealing candy and cookies from the store?

3. Anna traveled to ___ for her step-father's murder trial.

4. How old were the "fresh" vegetables that were cargo on the steamboat that Sidney and Jimmy rode home from Eklutna?

5. What tool was Dad reluctant to let Jimmy use while helping to build Sidney's boat?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are "kallyhocuses" and why was Sidney told about them as a child?

2. What relationship did Homer and Sidney have, and why did it end?

3. Who helped James escape after he was arrested?

4. Who helped the riverboat headed to Alatna get over the shallow riffles as explained in Chapter 5, "Alatna?"

5. Why was Jimmy hospitalized for six months in Eklutna?

6. When did Sidney decide to build a boat according to Chapter 10, "My First Boat," and what did he do?

7. Sidney heard rifle shots when he was 12. Why were the Nulato firing these shots?

8. When did the family restrict children to the inside during deep cold and why was a thermometer valuable?

9. What happened in Chapter 3, "Three Babes," after Anna took her three youngest children hunting and fishing?

10. Why did the relationship between Victor and Ned come to murder?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Deep cold can be dangerous in Alaska. How does Sidney convey the danger and hazards of deep cold in Chapter 9? What key factors make deep cold so hazardous? What precautions and safeguards did Sidney and others use to survive in deep cold?

Essay Topic 2

How did moose hunting become a yearly tradition for Sidney and his family? What surprised Sidney about a moose he shot from his boat? How does Sidney describe what he thinks facilitated moose migration into the Koyukuk?

Essay Topic 3

A flood takes away all of the family's possession in 1928. What caused the flood? How did the family escape? Why did they lose everything? How did they recover before winter? Who helped the family recover so they had all they needed before winter?

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