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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was sold when the Tsar Ivan came to the island?
(a) Zhdanko.
(b) Maria.
(c) Cidaq.
(d) Old One.

2. What happened to Custom House revenues at Sitka after the Americans took control of Alaska?
(a) They increased dramatically.
(b) The dropped.
(c) They stayed the same.
(d) They steadily increased.

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

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

5. Whom did Zhdanko kill?
(a) King.
(b) Tsar.
(c) Neighbor.
(d) Governor.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did the Indians think of the Americans in the settlement on Sitka?

3. Whom did Zhdanko exchange gifts with when he landed on the island?

4. How large was Beringia?

5. What strengthened the relationship between Rudenko and Baranov?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did things change when America took control of Alaska?

2. How did the ice age affect the land that was to become Alaska?

3. How did Trofin Zhdanko escape his imprisonment?

4. How did Voronov change in Chapter 5?

5. What did the Tlingits want in Chapter 7?

6. Describe the different ice ages mentioned in Chapter 2.

7. What is a land bridge? How was it significant in Chapter 1?

8. What role did food play in Varnak's story in Chapter 3?

9. How did Sitka Island become colonized?

10. Where did the animals come from and go to in Chapter 2?

(see the answer keys)

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