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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. What did Tom and his mother do in Dawson City?

2. What did Jeb and Poley Markham find in the water that Jeb wanted to keep?

3. How did Elmer Flatch contribute to the war effort?

4. How did the new equipment work in the factory?

5. What did Shaffer say they had to build?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe what cabotage is.

3. How did Tom benefit from the miners in Chapter 9?

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

5. How did the Flatch family contribute to the war effort?

6. What were some of the dangers the characters in Chapter 8 faced?

7. How did LeRoy's investment benefit him?

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

9. How did the discovery of oil change the area in Chapter 12?

10. What effect did cabotage have on businesses and individuals?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Asia played an important role in this book. Describe its role in the beginning of the book, and explain how the Japan is related to Alaska by the end of the book. Be certain to address Japan's relationship to Alaska during World War II.

Essay Topic 2

How did religion play a role in Cidaq's life? Talk about how it was part of her relationship with Rudenko as well as Voronov. Address how she felt about it personally.

Essay Topic 3

Write about the impact of trading between the settlers and the native. What goods were traded, and were the trades fair? What were some of the benefits of trading? What were some of the drawbacks?

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