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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the Indians think of the Americans in the settlement on Sitka?
(a) They were afraid of them.
(b) They wanted to befriend them.
(c) They wanted to protect them.
(d) They made plans to attack them.

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

3. Why did Varnak's family move?
(a) They missed seeing other people.
(b) The mastodon were bothering them.
(c) They lacked food.
(d) It was too cold.

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

5. How long did it take the family to reach their destination?
(a) One day.
(b) One year.
(c) Six months.
(d) Six days.

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

7. Where did a land bridge form?
(a) Between Alaska and Canada.
(b) Between Alaska and Asia.
(c) Between Alaska and Australia.
(d) Between Alaska and the Arctic Circle.

8. What is a peninsula?
(a) An island very close to a large land mass.
(b) A crater near the water.
(c) A piece of land that is connected to the mainland by an isthmus.
(d) A pathway through the mountains.

9. How long did it take to get to Okhotsk?
(a) One year.
(b) Six months.
(c) Six years.
(d) One month.

10. Why did Tsar Peter Romanov want Trofin Zhdanko?
(a) To hire him to assassinate someone.
(b) To kill him.
(c) To taunt him while he was in prison.
(d) To ask for his help.

11. What items were traded for pelts?
(a) Slaves.
(b) Rum and rifles.
(c) Beads.
(d) Meat.

12. When Russian boats returned two years later, they found the settlement was __________.
(a) Destroyed.
(b) Greatly expanded.
(c) Thriving.
(d) Struggling.

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

14. How did the remaining islanders survive?
(a) By eating berries.
(b) By hunting for whales.
(c) By hunting for mammoth.
(d) By planting gardens.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Russian prisoners on the ship were taken to _________.

2. Who made the purchase from Tsar Ivan?

3. Who departed Alaska in 1877?

4. What would happen to Raven-heart when his master died?

5. What was the purpose of the sailing trip?

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