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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did George Washington Carmack find in the Yukon in 1896?
(a) Silver.
(b) Platinum.
(c) Oil.
(d) Gold.

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

3. What is cabotage?
(a) When a ship that delivered to a port could not take on cargo and passengers.
(b) When a ship had too many vegetables so they rotted.
(c) When a ship delivered too much cargo at a port.
(d) When a ship lacked a good supply of vegetables.

4. What brought more people to Alaska in 1973?
(a) Educational opportunities.
(b) Gold.
(c) Hunting opportunities.
(d) The pipeline project.

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

6. Why did Oliver Rowntree go on Ross and Raglan ships?
(a) To help load and unload.
(b) To navigate them.
(c) The monitor trading transactions.
(d) To sabotage them.

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

8. What did Venn experience as he managed the Chinese and Filipino workers?
(a) Everything was very smooth.
(b) He experienced management problems.
(c) Aside from a few glitches, everyone respected each other, and there was no trouble.
(d) They had language barrier problems.

9. Whom did Nancy marry?
(a) Matt Murphy.
(b) Ah Ting.
(c) Tom Venn.
(d) Malcolm Ross.

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

11. Where did Kendra and Jeb go with the locals?
(a) Shopping.
(b) On a whaling expedition.
(c) On a factory tour.
(d) To the forest.

12. What did the Venn's use for transportation to Venn's Lode?
(a) A plane.
(b) A horse.
(c) A car.
(d) A boat.

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

14. Why was Malcolm Venn on board?
(a) To assist Tammy Ting.
(b) To assist Oliver Rowntree.
(c) To monitor trading transactions.
(d) To catch the person committing sabotage.

15. What did Tom and his mother do in Dawson City?
(a) They sold furs.
(b) They opened a tent restaurant.
(c) They opened a boarding house.
(d) They hunted for gold.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was LeRoy's rank after the attack at Pearl Harbor?

2. What was Tom Venn 's last year at Pleiades Glacier?

3. What happened Ben, the father?

4. What did the lobbyist favor?

5. When was the business operational?

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