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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did the mastadon settle?
(a) In the forest.
(b) Along the shoreline.
(c) In the tundra.
(d) In the harsh north.

2. Varnak's people wandered for how many years?
(a) 25.
(b) 3.
(c) 19.
(d) 40.

3. Where did they decide to build ships?
(a) Okhotsk.
(b) Lanewpak.
(c) Alaska.
(d) Boksheretsk.

4. As the book opened, the author addressed land formation from how many years ago?
(a) Approximately million.
(b) Approximately hundred.
(c) Approximately a thousand.
(d) Approximately a billion.

5. How many days did it take to build their ship?
(a) 200.
(b) 98.
(c) 30.
(d) 7.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the company's representative to the Aleutian Islands?

2. What eventually happened to the land bridge?

3. Varnak's people became known as _________.

4. When the plates shifted, how many continents could they have attached to?

5. Where was there a protuberance?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is a land bridge? How was it significant in Chapter 1?

2. What was Baranov's character like in Chapter 6?

3. How did the rum trading affect the Tlingits?

4. How did things change when America took control of Alaska?

5. How did Sitka Island become colonized?

6. How did food factor into Oogruk's story in Chapter 3?

7. Where did the animals come from and go to in Chapter 2?

8. What was Cidaq's motivation in Chapter 5, and how did she use it?

9. Describe the different ice ages mentioned in Chapter 2.

10. What did the Organic Act mean for those living in Alaska?

(see the answer keys)

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