View a FREE sample

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Julie's name at the beginning of the book?

2. What is Julie trying to learn at the beginning of the book?

3. What does Miyax use to mark her way back home when she goes hunting?

4. What does Miyax find in the owl's nest?

5. How long can Julie survive on the food she took with her?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Miyax respond to the shock she receives about her caribou meat?

2. Where is Miyax ultimately heading when she runs away and where will she stay?

3. What does Miyax do the night before she begins her journey?

4. Who are the other adult wolves in the pack, and how does Miyax describe them?

5. How does Miyax protect her meat after she sees the first signs of winter approaching?

6. What does Miyax do when she hears a plane flying overhead?

7. What is the song Miyax sings to Amaroq?

8. What did Miyax plan to eat while running away, and why did that not work for her?

9. What does Miyax do the day she is to start her journey?

10. What does Kapu see that scares Miyax?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Persistence was a major attribute that a few of the main characters in this book possessed. Which characters had this trait, and how did it affect their role in the plot?

Essay Topic 2

Much of this plot follows the relationship between Miyax and Amaroq. How does this relationship change over the course of the plot, and what causes these changes?

Essay Topic 3

Acceptance is a strong theme in this book. Which characters present this theme, and how does it affect the plot?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 801 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample