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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 is the name of the city Julie is heading for?

2. What does Julie name the bird she decides to rescue?

3. Where is Miyax when she hears that her mother has died?

4. What does Julie make half of her drag into?

5. What did Kapugen say plovers were?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Miyax not hit Jello for destroying her things?

3. What happens after Julie has been away from the seal camp for a month?

4. What does Miyax do when she is being chased by a grizzly bear?

5. How is Amaroq killed, and what infuriates Miyax most about it?

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

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

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

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

10. How does Miyax remember the sea from her childhood?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Nature played a very tangible role in this book. What was this role, and how did it affect the main characters?

Essay Topic 2

Friendship is a central theme of this book. What are the main friendships, and how did their inclusion in this book affect the outcome of the plot?

Essay Topic 3

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

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