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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did animals come to Alaska?
(a) They swam to Alaska.
(b) Boats.
(c) Migration when the continents were connected.
(d) People imported them.

2. Who were taken from Lapak in 1789?
(a) All males over the age of two.
(b) All females over the age of two.
(c) All the men who were fathers.
(d) All the women who were mothers.

3. To whom did Russia plan to sell Alaska?
(a) America.
(b) Japan.
(c) Canada.
(d) Australia.

4. Which natural force did not contribute to the formation of Alaska?
(a) Tornadoes.
(b) Volcanoes.
(c) Tsunamis.
(d) Earthquakes.

5. What type of business did Zhdanko work in?
(a) Fur trading.
(b) Shipping.
(c) Banking.
(d) Expeditions.

6. How did the Tlingits respond when they saw the help arrive?
(a) They persuaded the Americans that they never meant to cause harm.
(b) They left the area.
(c) They fought.
(d) They stole the food.

7. What did Lieutenant Ermelov think of Baranov?
(a) He was very critical of his use of government funds.
(b) He admired Baranov's handling of government funds.
(c) He found him to be a very practical man.
(d) He was impressed with his honesty.

8. What did the Organic Act do?
(a) It left the land the natives lived on to the Americans.
(b) It established a rudimentary government in Alaska.
(c) It left the land the Americans lived on to the natives.
(d) It demanded that everyone plant gardens.

9. As the book opened, the author addressed land formation from how many years ago?
(a) Approximately a thousand.
(b) Approximately hundred.
(c) Approximately a billion.
(d) Approximately million.

10. Where did the Russians build a fort?
(a) A few miles from the Tlingits.
(b) Redoubt St. Michael.
(c) Next to the Tlingits.
(d) In the woods.

11. What was the purpose of the sailing trip?
(a) To hunt for whales.
(b) To carry cargo for merchants.
(c) To emigrate.
(d) To find out if there was a land bridge.

12. How old was Baranov when Ermelov had him investigated? and
(a) 65.
(b) 50.
(c) 70.
(d) 30.

13. What strengthened the relationship between Rudenko and Baranov?
(a) Time in prayer.
(b) Polar bear hunting.
(c) Sailing together.
(d) Working together.

14. Who made the purchase from Tsar Ivan?
(a) Aleksandr Baranov.
(b) Yermak Rudenko.
(c) Marina Zhdanko.
(d) Lunmasaq.

15. What happened to the shaman who tried to help Cidaq?
(a) He was sent to prison.
(b) Rudenko killed him.
(c) Baranov beat him.
(d) Nothing.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Raven-heart sent to scout?

2. Where did the Americans in the settlement go for help?

3. Whom did Zhdanko kill?

4. Why did Trofin got to Okhotsk?

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

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