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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did Jeb decide to stay in Alaska?
(a) He was running away from his old life.
(b) He fell in love with its beauty.
(c) People kept offering him work.
(d) He wanted to stay with his new-found relatives.

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

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

4. Where did Tom move after Christmas?
(a) Ketchikan
(b) Nome
(c) Pleiades Glacier
(d) Seattle

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

6. What did Malcolm Ross want Tom to build?
(a) A salmon cannery.
(b) A boat.
(c) A factory.
(d) A wagon.

7. What happened when Sam went to fish in the river?
(a) A warden told him he couldn't.
(b) He was swept out into the water.
(c) He caught so many fish his nets broke.
(d) He couldn't find any fish.

8. What transportation did Sanquq use?
(a) A horse.
(b) A wagon.
(c) A sled.
(d) A donkey.

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

10. Where was Carmack's field located?
(a) Bonanza.
(b) Yucutan.
(c) Klondike.
(d) Talak.

11. 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 turned against each other and split.
(d) They died.

12. Who came to check out the cannery?
(a) A Canadian government investigation team.
(b) An American government investigation team.
(c) A native investigation team.
(d) Missy Peckham and Matt Murphy.

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

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

15. What was shocking to Kendra?
(a) The people.
(b) The prices.
(c) The manners of children.
(d) The lack of resources.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Tom and his mother live at Lake Bennett?

2. Where did Missy work?

3. Why did Ross decide to get rid of the workers?

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

5. How did LeRoy Flatch contribute to the war effort?

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