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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did the little ones learn about their family's move?
(a) From books.
(b) Their dad.
(c) They remembered.
(d) From Ancient One.

2. Baranov showed the Tlingits __________.
(a) An old musket.
(b) A cannon.
(c) How to plant a garden.
(d) How to make a ship.

3. What did Baranov want to build for Voronov?
(a) A synagogue.
(b) A house.
(c) An onion dome church.
(d) A boat.

4. Who took the people from the island?
(a) Russian hunters.
(b) Russian tradesmen.
(c) Siberian tradesmen.
(d) Siberian hunters.

5. What was Big Ears' new name?
(a) Peter.
(b) Lunmasaq.
(c) Ivan.
(d) Great One.

6. What job did Mrs. Caldwell have?
(a) Post-mistress.
(b) Preacher's wife.
(c) Milk maid.
(d) Teacher.

7. The mastadon evolved to become _________.
(a) A Mountain.
(b) The Mammoth.
(c) A large river.
(d) An alligator.

8. Where did the mastadon settle?
(a) In the tundra.
(b) In the harsh north.
(c) Along the shoreline.
(d) In the forest.

9. What formed over time?
(a) Whirlpools.
(b) More land bridges.
(c) Ice and snow.
(d) More islands.

10. Where did Oogruk and his family settle?
(a) In the southern-most section of Alaska.
(b) In Siberia.
(c) In eastern Alaska.
(d) On the western-most strip of Alaska.

11. Who departed Alaska in 1877?
(a) The Eskimos.
(b) The Tlingit Indians.
(c) The Americans.
(d) Army troops.

12. What did Baranov proclaim as the capital of Russian America?
(a) Lanewpak.
(b) Seal Islands
(c) Okhotsk.
(d) Sitka Island.

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

14. What animal did they hunt for food and other purposes when they reached their destination?
(a) Beaver.
(b) Mammoth.
(c) Lions.
(d) Wolf.

15. Why did Cidaq become a Christian?
(a) Vasili Voronov persuaded her to.
(b) To absolve herself of her past.
(c) She liked to pray.
(d) She was always drawn to Christianity.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was sold when the Tsar Ivan came to the island?

2. What happened to Custom House revenues at Sitka after the Americans took control of Alaska?

3. How old was Baranov when Ermelov had him investigated? and

4. How large was Beringia?

5. What made the large bodies of ice move?

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