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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 was life like for the Matanuska settlers?
(a) Very harsh.
(b) Rewarding as they brought in the gold.
(c) Entertaining.
(d) Easy.

2. Why did Tsar Peter Romanov want Trofin Zhdanko?
(a) To taunt him while he was in prison.
(b) To ask for his help.
(c) To hire him to assassinate someone.
(d) To kill him.

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

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

5. The Venns helped rescue survivors of _________.
(a) A tidal wave.
(b) An avalanche.
(c) A massive snowstorm.
(d) Cholera.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did others think of the Venns?

2. What did the Venn's use for transportation to Venn's Lode?

3. What did the lobbyist favor?

4. What is cabotage?

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

(see the answer key)

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