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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 is the name of Sea Catch's wife?
(a) Novastoshnah.
(b) Matkah.
(c) Kotick.
(d) Kerick.

2. How does Kotick get other seals to come to the new summer vacation place that he finds?
(a) Hundreds of thousands.
(b) Shouts of joy.
(c) Fighting.
(d) Dancing.

3. When the seal hunters first see Kotick, what do they think?
(a) That his coat is perfect for their collection.
(b) That he is a ghost.
(c) He isn't scary.
(d) He looks are laughable.

4. Who is Darzee?
(a) A little girl.
(b) A tailorbird.
(c) The tailorbird's wife.
(d) The little boy.

5. What doesn't Kotick know about the Sea Cow?
(a) They can't see.
(b) They can't swim.
(c) They can't talk.
(d) They aren't alive anymore.

Short Answer Questions

1. What or who is Keddah?

2. If the elephants do dance, what are they celebrating?

3. Who is Big Toomai?

4. How long does the elephant performance last?

5. Who is Chapter Five named after?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe how Kotick's white coat works to his advantage.

2. Explain the purpose of the elephant dance.

3. Explain the differences between Little Toomai and Big Toomai.

4. How do the other seals view Kotick in the beginning of Chapter Four and how does that change in the end of Chapter Four?

5. In what ways is Kotick more mature than the other seals his age?

6. What does it mean that Rikki saves Teddy from the first snake before his father can?

7. Describe how the family reacts to snakes.

8. In what ways are Kotick's mom and the girl seal impressed with him at the end of the Chapter Four?

9. Why is Little Toomai able to see the dance and not the adults?

10. Why do you think the mother is at first alarmed when she sees Rikki snuggling up to Teddy?

(see the answer keys)

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