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

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

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

4. Why did Lieutenant Maxim Voronov fly around?
(a) To test the safety of the planes.
(b) To visit friends.
(c) To see where his ancestors had been.
(d) To check out the factories.

5. What happened to their business?
(a) No-one wanted to work with them.
(b) It was destroyed in a fire.
(c) It was very successful.
(d) They ran out of supplies.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was life like for the Matanuska settlers?

2. How was Elmer injured?

3. What did Kendra Scott do in Desolation Point?

4. What did the men find in Nome?

5. Where did Tom move after Christmas?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was the problem with the law in Chapter 12?

2. How was discrimination shown to the natives?

3. What did the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act do?

4. Describe the journey to the mines.

5. How did the cannery affect the salmon population?

6. What effect did the Great Depression have on Alaska?

7. What was the political system like in Chapter 9?

8. In Chapter 9, what problem did people have with their claims?

9. Why did Ah Ting disappear?

10. What was Tom's romantic situation like in the latter part of Chapter 10?

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