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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 frequently happened in the hospital tent?

2. Where was Carmack's field located?

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

4. Where did Missy work?

5. What did LeRoy do after the war?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did the cannery affect the salmon population?

2. Describe what cabotage is.

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

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

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

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

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

8. Why did the natives feel betrayed?

9. What dilemma did Tom face regarding workers?

10. How was discrimination shown to the natives?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write about how the businesses based on the natural resources affected the native people groups.

Essay Topic 2

Describe how each of the following people groups came to live in Alaska: Indians, Eskimos, and Aleuts. Explain which part of Alaska they settled in and address why they stayed there.

Essay Topic 3

Transportation played a big role in the history of this book. Choose three different modes of transportation that were highlighted in the book and explain how each one contributes to the story.

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