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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 causes Mad Earl's death?
(a) A boating accident.
(b) A heart attack.
(c) A car accident.
(d) Cancer.
2. When is the newspaper article that Matthew set aside as a birthday gift for Leni dated?
(a) July 4, 1965.
(b) July 4, 1970.
(c) July 4, 1979.
(d) July 4, 1972.
3. How does Leni travel to town to go and visit Matthew in Chapter 23?
(a) She takes the truck.
(b) Ernt drives her.
(c) She takes the snow machine.
(d) She takes the bus.
4. How old does Lily Walker say she was when she came to Alaska in the newpaper article given to Leni for her eighteenth birthday?
(a) 32.
(b) 41.
(c) 35.
(d) 23.
5. What animals does Matthew take Leni to watch in the marsh while the other students are looking at a pirate cove in Chapter 17?
(a) Moose.
(b) Bald eagles.
(c) Black bears.
(d) Grizzly bears.
Short Answer Questions
1. How many years have passed since Cora and Leni left Alaska in the beginning of Chapter 27?
2. Approximately how many miles is Fairbanks from the Arctic Circle?
3. What word is repeated in Matthew's mind as he lay in a vegetative state after the accident?
4. What book had Leni sent Matthew for his fifteenth birthday?
5. What is described as Cora's favorite movie in Chapter 21?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Matthew escape in Chapter 20?
2. Where does Leni go when she arrives in Homer? Why?
3. Why does Matthew become upset when Leni visits him in the end of the novel?
4. How does the narrative style shift in Chapter 14? Why do you think the author makes this shift?
5. What conflict emerges at Mad Earl's funeral?
6. What does Ernt begin building after Mad Earl's funeral? Why?
7. How is Matthew's condition when Leni is released from the hospital in Part 2?
8. How does Ernt respond when Leni calls out to Matthew for help in Kaneq in Part 2?
9. What does Ernt propose to do in order to protect the Harlan compound in Part 2? How is this proposal met by the Harlans?
10. What plan do Leni and Cora devise immediately after Ernt's death?
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