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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 "Men Who Have Lost Their Shadows," how many men come from a death ship?
(a) 2.
(b) 4.
(c) 6.
(d) 5.

2. How many more fish does Leif capture in "Hunger," after the fish start to panic and before he sees the whales?
(a) 5.
(b) 2.
(c) 3.
(d) 4.

3. How far back do some of the fairly shallow inlets or coves go back into the forest in "Whale Song"?
(a) A few hundred paces.
(b) 10 to 12 feet.
(c) 5 feet.
(d) 300 paces.

4. In "The Cook Camp," what does Leif dream of?
(a) Little Carl and his mother.
(b) The death ship.
(c) The whales.
(d) Being on the water.

5. In "The Saga of Sea Child," when was Leif taken on the boats?
(a) A year after he learned to walk.
(b) At age 5.
(c) At age 4.
(d) When he could walk.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the child born clutching in "The Saga of Sea Child"?

2. How wide does Leif think the wing-span is of eagles he sees in "Hunger"?

3. In "Whales," what does Leif smell when a whale gets close?

4. What did Old Carl say that bears might do to find a single grub worm to eat?

5. How are the birds a nuisance in "Current Sliding"?

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