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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 does Miyax remember the sea being lined with?

2. What is a skua?

3. What is the name of the city Julie is heading for?

4. Who told Miyax that her mother had died?

5. What does Julie find by her bed the morning after Jello takes her pack?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Miyax use the cold to help her on her journey?

2. What does Julie do when some girls make fun of her old Eskimo ways?

3. What does Miyax find when she wakes up the morning after her pack was stolen, and what does it mean to her?

4. What does Miyax find outside the empty den, and what does she decide to do with it?

5. What does Julie do after Daniel confronts her?

6. What do some men in town tease Daniel about?

7. What brings Julie her greatest happiness while living in Fairfax?

8. What does Miyax find outside of her tent during a whiteout, and what does she do about it?

9. What does Daniel do after he is teased by the men in town?

10. How does Julie describe Naka while she is living in his home in Barrow?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compassion and empathy is a theme present in a number of places in the plot. What are some of the best examples of this theme, and how did the presence of this theme affect the outcome of this book?

Essay Topic 2

Betrayal is an important theme in this book. Where does this theme appear, and how does it affect the characters involved in those scenes?

Essay Topic 3

Human nature is a strong symbol and theme in this book. Where does this symbol appear, and what role does it play in the book?

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