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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "Sliding Currents" and "Changes: Skin to Wood to Water to Become".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "Whales," what does Leif smell when a whale gets close?
(a) Fish and salt air.
(b) Farts and fish.
(c) A fishy rancid smell.
(d) An oily fishy smell.

2. What does the whale that watches Leif seem to be doing in "Whales"?
(a) Protecting.
(b) Watching.
(c) Observing.
(d) Guarding.

3. How tall is the cairn that Leif builds over Little Carl?
(a) Nearly as tall as himself.
(b) About 2 feet tall.
(c) About 5 feet tall.
(d) About 3 feet tall.

4. In "Mother Waters and Brother Whales," what does Leif feel when he thinks he has lived while the others have died?
(a) Fear.
(b) Disgrace.
(c) Guilt.
(d) Shame.

5. What is the only thought that Leif has at the beginning of "Mother Waters and Brother Whales"?
(a) Of the death ship.
(b) That he is sick.
(c) That he is dead.
(d) Of the sea.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Sliding Currents," how deep is the water when Leif feels the canoe bump against the shore?

2. Where do the whales take Leif in "Whales"?

3. When Leif tires during his search for an island in "Island Current," what does he do?

4. What wakes Leif in "Sliding Currents"?

5. In "Whales," what does Leif compare the young whales to?

(see the answer key)

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