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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. How old was Baranov when Ermelov had him investigated? and
(a) 70.
(b) 50.
(c) 65.
(d) 30.

2. To whom did Russia plan to sell Alaska?
(a) Australia.
(b) Japan.
(c) Canada.
(d) America.

3. What did the Indians think of the Americans in the settlement on Sitka?
(a) They wanted to protect them.
(b) They made plans to attack them.
(c) They wanted to befriend them.
(d) They were afraid of them.

4. When the barriers were removed, animals emigrated between _________.
(a) Australia and North America.
(b) Asia and Europe.
(c) North America and Asia.
(d) North America and Europe.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How high were summer temperatures?

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

3. Which natural force did not contribute to the formation of Alaska?

4. The Pacific Plate collided with the continental plate resulting in the formation of _____________.

5. What was happening to the fur trade?

Short Essay Questions

1. What role did food play in Varnak's story in Chapter 3?

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

3. How was Cidaq treated in Chapter 5?

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

5. How did Chapter 4 highlight some of the cruelty involved in the fur trade business?

6. How is the mastodon related to the elephant?

7. How did illness change the course of history for Trofin?

8. How did Voronov change in Chapter 5?

9. How did Sitka Island become colonized?

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

(see the answer keys)

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