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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. What was used as food for the population?
(a) Wolves.
(b) Fish.
(c) Cows.
(d) Reindeer.

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

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

4. What did LeRoy buy with the money Matt Murphy left him?
(a) An old Cessna airplane.
(b) Food.
(c) A ship.
(d) A store.

5. When was the business operational?
(a) March.
(b) July.
(c) May.
(d) December.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened to their business?

2. Where did Kendra and Jeb go with the locals?

3. What did others think of the Venns?

4. Why did Lieutenant Maxim Voronov fly around?

5. Why were more airstrips appearing in Alaska?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was the effect of automation on the workers?

2. How did the canning industry emerge in Alaska according to Chapter 10?

3. How did airplanes in Alaska contribute to the war effort?

4. How did the cannery affect the salmon population?

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

6. What types of jobs did people have in Chapter 8 thanks to the gold rush?

7. How did Matt Murphy make his living when he arrived in Nome?

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

9. Describe what cabotage is.

10. How did Tom, Missy, and Tammy feel about the statehood of Alaska?

(see the answer keys)

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