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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of business did Zhdanko work in?

2. Where was there a protuberance?

3. How high were summer temperatures?

4. What was the mastodon?

5. When Captain Healy stopped his ship along the Alaskan coast, what did he find in the villages?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What did the Organic Act mean for those living in Alaska?

3. How did illness change the course of history for Trofin?

4. What was Baranov's character like in Chapter 6?

5. How was Cidaq treated in Chapter 5?

6. What was so important about the shifting of the geological plates?

7. What was Cidaq's motivation in Chapter 5, and how did she use it?

8. What was so important about the protuberance in the northwest corner of what was to become North America that the author mentioned in Chapter 1?

9. How is the mastodon related to the elephant?

10. Who lived in Varnak's household? What were their roles?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain why Alaska is important to science by highlighting two specific examples of Alaskan elements which are globally significant.

Essay Topic 2

The author decided the start the book with the original formation of Alaska. Describe the Alaska's origins, and explain the changes that occurred to it geographically in its first billion years.

Essay Topic 3

Write about weather and its effect on Alaska. Discuss how if affected the formation of Alaska and the people in Alaska, both native and newcomers.

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