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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who took the people from the island?

2. To whom did Russia plan to sell Alaska?

3. How did the little ones learn about their family's move?

4. When Russian boats returned two years later, they found the settlement was __________.

5. Russian prisoners on the ship were taken to _________.

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. How did the rum trading affect the Tlingits?

5. How were the natives perceived by the Russians?

6. How is the mastodon related to the elephant?

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

8. Where did Oogruk come from? How did he and his family live?

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

10. What was so important about the shifting of the geological plates?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Transportation played a big role in the history of this book. Choose three different modes of transportation that were highlighted in the book and explain how each one contributes to the story.

Essay Topic 2

Describe Russia's relationship with Alaska. Discuss colonization as well as Russia's interest in Alaska as the book ended.

Essay Topic 3

The author decided the start the book with the original formation of Alaska. Describe the Alaska's origins, and explain the changes that occurred to it geographically in its first billion years.

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