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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 does Mike look at before pulling out Atenou's tooth?
(a) His watch.
(b) The ceiling.
(c) The floor.
(d) An instruction manual.

2. What alerts Katherine to the approaching fire in Chapter 11?
(a) Animals running towards her.
(b) The smell of smoke.
(c) The sound of crackling wood.
(d) A faint glimmer of light.

3. What is Katherine's dog named?
(a) Juno.
(b) Pluto.
(c) Ceres.
(d) Gemini.

4. What name does Katherine ask to call Mrs. Carpentier by?
(a) Samantha.
(b) Molly.
(c) Dana.
(d) Sarah.

5. How many of the local people die in the fire?
(a) Fifty-six.
(b) Thirty-seven.
(c) Fourteen.
(d) Eight.

Short Answer Questions

1. What natural phenomenon does Katherine witness in Athabaska?

2. Based on Mike's uniform, Katherine thinks he is _____________.

3. What does Uncle John talk about Johnny making during the war when they were on patrol?

4. What ailment does Mike diagnose Katherine with when they reach the Howards?

5. What activity did the visually impaired woman who stayed with Katherine's family have to give up?

Short Essay Questions

1. What natural phenomenon does Katherine witness in Athabaska? What does Mike tell her about the phenomenon?

2. What causes delays in Katherine's trip in Chapter 1?

3. How does Katherine's medical condition interfere with her fun in Chapter 2?

4. When Katherine's baby is born, what does Mrs. Carpentier diaper it in? How much experience does Mrs. Carpentier have as a midwife?

5. Who is traveling in a train at the beginning of the novel? Where is she going?

6. What Indian tradition does Mike teach Katherine about in Chapter 3?

7. Why has Katherine been sent to stay with her uncle in Canada?

8. Why does Katherine ask to call Mrs. Carpentier by the name Sarah?

9. What does Mike take Katherine hiking to see when the thaw begins in March? What does Mike point out to Katherine along the way which puts her in awe?

10. What does Uncle John mean by "It will Chinook"?

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