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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 11, pgs. 629 - 683.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did George Washington Carmack find in the Yukon in 1896?
(a) Gold.
(b) Oil.
(c) Platinum.
(d) Silver.

2. Whom did Zhdanko exchange gifts with when he landed on the island?
(a) Catherine the Great.
(b) The governor.
(c) Tsar Peter.
(d) An Aleut.

3. What did Tom and his mother do in Dawson City?
(a) They opened a boarding house.
(b) They hunted for gold.
(c) They sold furs.
(d) They opened a tent restaurant.

4. What was life like for the Matanuska settlers?
(a) Very harsh.
(b) Entertaining.
(c) Rewarding as they brought in the gold.
(d) Easy.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Tom think of Marvin Hoxey?

2. What was a result of the Jones Act of 1920?

3. Where did Trofin Zhdanko live?

4. What transportation did Sanquq use?

5. What did the Venn's use for transportation to Venn's Lode?

(see the answer key)

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