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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Alaska was joined to what land mass during the Ice Age?
(a) Siberia.
(b) Africa.
(c) Canada.
(d) Australia.

2. Russian prisoners on the ship were taken to _________.
(a) Seal Islands.
(b) Okhotsk.
(c) Lapak.
(d) Japan.

3. What killed Rudenko?
(a) A knife.
(b) A volcano eruption.
(c) A heart attack.
(d) A tsunami.

4. Where did Trofin Zhdanko live?
(a) Lapak.
(b) Yakula.
(c) Vologda.
(d) Alaska.

5. What were the mastadons' chief enemy?
(a) Humans.
(b) Reptiles.
(c) Cats such as lions and tigers.
(d) Bison.

6. How large was Beringia?
(a) 600 miles wide.
(b) 2 miles wide.
(c) 6000 miles wide.
(d) 100 miles wide.

7. Why did Trofin got to Okhotsk?
(a) To escape from the Tsar.
(b) To build a ship.
(c) To assassinate someone .
(d) To hunt.

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

9. What did the sun do in the winter?
(a) It was the same as in the summer.
(b) It stayed low in the sky for six months.
(c) It stayed high in the sky for six months.
(d) It disappeared.

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

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

12. How many days did it take to build their ship?
(a) 200.
(b) 7.
(c) 30.
(d) 98.

13. What was Raven-heart sent to scout?
(a) The beach.
(b) The Armada.
(c) The forest.
(d) The island.

14. What were Jackson and Healy trying to prevent?
(a) War.
(b) Friendship between the Americans and the natives.
(c) A structured government.
(d) The provision of rum to the natives.

15. What was the mastodon?
(a) A type of hill.
(b) A tall ship.
(c) An animal similar to an elephant.
(d) A reptile.

Short Answer Questions

1. The Pacific Plate collided with the continental plate resulting in the formation of _____________.

2. To whom did Russia plan to sell Alaska?

3. Who was the company's representative to the Aleutian Islands?

4. What animal did they hunt for food and other purposes when they reached their destination?

5. What type of business did Zhdanko work in?

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