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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. Where did Klope go after two years in Alaska?
(a) Seattle.
(b) Japan.
(c) Russia.
(d) Canada.

2. Alaska became what state of the union?
(a) 49th.
(b) 50th.
(c) 13th.
(d) 25th.

3. What did Shaffer say they had to build?
(a) A bigger boat.
(b) A larger business.
(c) Their own airplane.
(d) A road across Canada.

4. What was LeRoy's rank after the attack at Pearl Harbor?
(a) First Lieutenant.
(b) Second Lieutenant.
(c) Lieutenant Corporal.
(d) General.

5. What did the men find in Nome?
(a) Oil.
(b) Platinum.
(c) Gold.
(d) Silver.

Short Answer Questions

1. What brought 295 Minnesotans to Matanuska in 1935?

2. What did the Venn's use for transportation to Venn's Lode?

3. What was Judge Grant like?

4. What did Tom do after his mother moved in with John Klope?

5. What was life like for the Matanuska settlers?

Short Essay Questions

1. What were some of the dangers the characters in Chapter 8 faced?

2. Why did the natives feel betrayed?

3. What was the political system like in Chapter 9?

4. How was discrimination shown to the natives?

5. Why did Ah Ting disappear?

6. What was Tom's romantic situation like in the latter part of Chapter 10?

7. Describe what cabotage is.

8. Describe the journey to the mines.

9. What effect did the Great Depression have on Alaska?

10. How did LeRoy's investment benefit him?

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