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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. What was a result of the Jones Act of 1920?
(a) More products for trade.
(b) Fewer products for trade.
(c) Lower shipping costs for users.
(d) Higher shipping costs for users.

2. What city was proposed as a new capital of Alaska?
(a) Juneau.
(b) Klondike.
(c) Dawson City.
(d) Nome.

3. When was the business operational?
(a) December.
(b) July.
(c) March.
(d) May.

4. What did Tom and his mother do in Dawson City?
(a) They hunted for gold.
(b) They opened a tent restaurant.
(c) They sold furs.
(d) They opened a boarding house.

5. Why did Jeb decide to stay in Alaska?
(a) People kept offering him work.
(b) He wanted to stay with his new-found relatives.
(c) He was running away from his old life.
(d) He fell in love with its beauty.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was shocking to Kendra?

2. The Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act did all the following except __________.

3. Why did Jeb Keeler go to Baflin Island?

4. Where did Tom and his mother live at Lake Bennett?

5. What did Venn experience as he managed the Chinese and Filipino workers?

Short Essay Questions

1. What effect did cabotage have on businesses and individuals?

2. How did the Flatch family contribute to the war effort?

3. How did Matt Murphy make his living when he arrived in Nome?

4. In Chapter 9, what problem did people have with their claims?

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

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

7. Describe the journey to the mines.

8. What types of jobs did people have in Chapter 8 thanks to the gold rush?

9. How did the canning industry emerge in Alaska according to Chapter 10?

10. What did the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act do?

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