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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 11, pgs. 629 - 683.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Trofkins team came from all the countries listed except for __________.
(a) Siberia.
(b) Sweden.
(c) Denmark.
(d) Germany.

3. What happened to many of the men during the walk in the Yukon?
(a) They became very close friends.
(b) They became ill.
(c) They died.
(d) They turned against each other and split.

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

5. What did Shaffer say they had to build?
(a) A bigger boat.
(b) A road across Canada.
(c) A larger business.
(d) Their own airplane.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom did Zhdanko exchange gifts with when he landed on the island?

2. What did Tom and his mother do in Dawson City?

3. What did Tom think of Marvin Hoxey?

4. How many days did it take to build their ship?

5. Why did Trofin got to Okhotsk?

(see the answer key)

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