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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Nancy take Tom?
(a) Swimming.
(b) To a cave.
(c) To her house.
(d) To a play.

2. What did LeRoy buy with the money Matt Murphy left him?
(a) Food.
(b) A ship.
(c) A store.
(d) An old Cessna airplane.

3. What brought people into the region in 1968?
(a) Gold discoveries.
(b) An oil discovery.
(c) Education opportunities.
(d) Gold.

4. Why were more airstrips appearing in Alaska?
(a) In anticipation of a tourist boom.
(b) In anticipation of United States' entry into the war.
(c) The roads for cars were terrible.
(d) In anticipation of increased trade.

5. What was one of the greatest problems in the miners' camps?
(a) Starvation.
(b) Work ethic.
(c) Crime.
(d) Illness.

6. What did the arriving Indians do to the totem pole?
(a) Destroyed it.
(b) Painted it.
(c) Worshipped it.
(d) Carved it.

7. Where did Tom and his mother live at Lake Bennett?
(a) In a tent city.
(b) In a boarding house.
(c) In a castle.
(d) In a cabin.

8. When did the United States government begin to pay attention to the rights of native Alaskans?
(a) 1938.
(b) 1955.
(c) 1969.
(d) 1971.

9. Who came to Alaska as a result of the Alaskan Code?
(a) Fishermen.
(b) Medics.
(c) More prospectors.
(d) Judges.

10. What was the investigation team studying?
(a) The functionality of the new equipment.
(b) The effects of the cannery on the salmon population in other places.
(c) The effects of the cannery and pollution
(d) The relationships between workers and management.

11. What did Tom do after his mother moved in with John Klope?
(a) He ran away.
(b) He went panning for gold.
(c) He set off for the mines.
(d) He opened a branch of a general store.

12. What brought 295 Minnesotans to Matanuska in 1935?
(a) The opening of a school.
(b) A government program during the Great Depression.
(c) The thrill of seeking gold.
(d) The excitement of fishing for salmon.

13. What did Jeb and Poley Markham find in the water that Jeb wanted to keep?
(a) Salmon.
(b) Walrus.
(c) Turtle.
(d) Whales.

14. By 1919, what happened to Ross and Raglan?
(a) It appeared stagnant.
(b) It was slowly collapsing.
(c) It had facilities in most Alaskan cities.
(d) It went bankrupt.

15. How did Nate Coop contribute to the war effort?
(a) Aviation.
(b) Navy.
(c) Foot soldier.
(d) Building highways.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did the warships withdraw?

2. What did they make together before going to Dawson City?

3. Where was Carmack's field located?

4. What happened to Ah Ting?

5. What did LeRoy do after the war?

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