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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. How many whales start watching Leif when he laughs in "Whales"?
(a) 2.
(b) 1.
(c) 4.
(d) 3.

2. When Leif's canoe is capsized and he lands in the water, what can he see in a blur in "Sliding Currents"?
(a) Bushes.
(b) Trees.
(c) Sandy shores.
(d) Rocky shores.

3. What covers the island where Leif buries Little Carl?
(a) Rocky outcroppings.
(b) Tall trees.
(c) Tall trees and small mounds.
(d) Sand and brambles.

4. What wakes Leif in "Sliding Currents"?
(a) Eagle.
(b) Scat from a bird.
(c) Raven.
(d) Sun going under.

5. What is the canoe compared to in "Sliding Currents," when it is caught in the current of the whirlpool?
(a) Pollen.
(b) Feather.
(c) Piece of fabric.
(d) Floating stick or leaf.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Hunger," what cuts across the narrow stone-ledge outlet where Leif finds himself?

2. How tall is the cairn that Leif builds over Little Carl?

3. Where does a whale mother push the canoe in "Mother Waters and Brother Whales"?

4. What does Leif consider and then reject eating in "Changes; Skin to Wood to Water to Become"?

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

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