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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 happened to the Montreal Queen?

2. What did Tom do after his mother moved in with John Klope?

3. What did Shaffer say they had to build?

4. Why did Lieutenant Maxim Voronov fly around?

5. What was shocking to Kendra?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What did World War II do to Alaska's infrastructure?

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

4. How did LeRoy's investment benefit him?

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

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

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

8. Why did the natives feel betrayed?

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

10. How was discrimination shown to the natives?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write about weather and its effect on Alaska. Discuss how if affected the formation of Alaska and the people in Alaska, both native and newcomers.

Essay Topic 2

Write about how the businesses based on the natural resources affected the native people groups.

Essay Topic 3

Describe in great detail how the Gold Rush in Alaska affected the world. What were some of the good things it brought about? What were some of the negative things it brought about?

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