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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "Whale Song" and "Wind Music".

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. If Leif did his chores wrong, what was his punishment?
(a) A beating with wooden rods.
(b) A beating with a belt.
(c) He would miss a meal.
(d) He would not eat that day.

3. When Leif tires during his search for an island in "Island Current," what does he do?
(a) Pulls into an inlet and sleeps.
(b) Pulls the canoe on the shore and sleeps in a thicket.
(c) Dozes and drifts.
(d) Splashes water on his face and eats some salmon.

4. What did Old Carl say that bears might do to find a single grub worm to eat?
(a) Tear out an entire bush.
(b) Dig a 6-foot hole.
(c) Dig in a hollow tree.
(d) Rip a whole log apart.

5. In "Mother Waters and Brother Whales," how does the canoe move across the water when creatures are pushing it?
(a) Like pollen.
(b) Life a flower.
(c) Like a feather.
(d) Like a leaf.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Old Carl tell Leif and Little Carl that they could return to the fish camp?

2. At the base of what type of tree does Leif bury Little Carl?

3. What had little Carl been sold for?

4. What birds does Leif hear when he wakes after the first night of his and Little Carl's journey?

5. How deep does Leif wade when he fishes in "Whale Song"?

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