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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What might aid Joe's dash to the forest?
(a) Fear of being shot.
(b) Running on all fours.
(c) Thawing of the snow.
(d) A sled.

2. Why does the rest of the village want Mack to stay?
(a) He has money.
(b) He is a tourist attraction.
(c) He provides them with meat.
(d) He is a good builder.

3. What does the soldier count up to before he is allowed to go?
(a) One million.
(b) One thousand.
(c) One hundred.
(d) One billion.

4. What is the Siberian taiga known for?
(a) Treacherous swamps.
(b) Fine timber.
(c) Great lakes.
(d) Stretches if tundra.

5. What is a stool pigeon?
(a) A chemist.
(b) A type of bird.
(c) An informant.
(d) A person form England.

6. How does a Sioux prefer to die?
(a) While hunting great beasts.
(b) By their own hand.
(c) In battle.
(d) At a ripe old age.

7. Who gives Joe his non-Indian heritage?
(a) His father.
(b) His great Scottish grandmother.
(c) His mother.
(d) A grandparent.

8. Where does Kyra think Zhikarev is heading?
(a) India.
(b) China.
(c) Mongolia.
(d) Latvia.

9. What is Pennington's specialty?
(a) Chemical research.
(b) Experimental aircraft.
(c) Military medicine.
(d) Weapons and ordnance.

10. How does Mack make sure he can leave the village quickly if needed?
(a) He prepaers a helicopter.
(b) He makes several trails.
(c) He tells no one of his plans to leave.
(d) He prepares a car.

11. Where does Zhikarev have an offshore account?
(a) In a Californian credit union.
(b) In a Japanese national trust.
(c) In a Hong Kong bank.
(d) In a Swiss Bank.

12. How far away is Joe when Alekhin visits Vanyushin?
(a) Fifty minutes.
(b) Fifteen minutes.
(c) Fifteen miles.
(d) Fifty miles.

13. Where is Shepilov looking for Joe?
(a) In the taiga.
(b) Along the Olekma.
(c) Along the Ob.
(d) In the cities.

14. When do the Indian people kill a bear?
(a) Only on the first day of spring.
(b) When a bear will not obey commands.
(c) When the shaman tells them it will bring good fortune.
(d) Only when there is need.

15. What does the undamaged nature of the new furs suggest?
(a) The animals were taken with snares.
(b) The animals died of natural causes.
(c) A Red Indian caught the animals.
(d) The animals were taken with traps.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Kyra so confused?

2. What does Joe use to cross Olekma?

3. What did the Alaskan Indian carry over Chilhoot Pass?

4. How does the settlement ensure its survival?

5. What are Tungus?

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