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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "Mother Waters and Brother Whales" and "Island Currents".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What would Leif cook for the sailors to eat?
(a) Seal meat.
(b) Hagfish.
(c) Lamphrey.
(d) Eel meat.

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

3. What is Leif's canoe made of?
(a) Cedar.
(b) Birch.
(c) Oak.
(d) Pine.

4. In "Mother Waters and Brother Whales," what does Leif hear that seeps into his unconsciousness?
(a) Breathing.
(b) Wind in the pines.
(c) Birds.
(d) Waves on the canoe.

5. What was the child fed in "The Saga of Sea Child"?
(a) Watered-down goat's milk.
(b) Rags dipped in goat's milk and fish oil.
(c) Watered-down cow's milk.
(d) Rags dipped in cow's milk and fish oil.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In "The Men Who Lost Their Shadows," when does Leif start vomiting on his trip with Little Carl?

3. When Leif and a small thrall boy were left in an isolated fish camp, how many men were left with him?

4. How old was Leif when he and others were left in an isolated fish camp where a small river came into the sea?

5. What covers the island where Leif buries Little Carl?

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