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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Leif and a small thrall boy were left in an isolated fish camp, how many men were left with him?
(a) 3.
(b) 4.
(c) 5.
(d) 6.

2. What does Leif call the song he wants to sing for Little Carl?
(a) Overcoming Song.
(b) Strength Song.
(c) Getting Up Song.
(d) Fighting Song.

3. What does Leif find to eat down the first deep opening in "Whale Song"?
(a) Cloudberries.
(b) Blackberries.
(c) Crowberries.
(d) Blueberries.

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

5. 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) 4.
(d) 3.

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

7. How deep does Leif wade when he fishes in "Whale Song"?
(a) Ankle deep.
(b) Waist deep.
(c) Knee deep.
(d) Shoulder deep.

8. In "Hunger," how many salmon does Leif catch before their number explode and it seems as though the fish are in a panic?
(a) 3.
(b) 1.
(c) 4.
(d) 2.

9. What animals can Leif hear as he drifts in "Island Current"?
(a) Gray squirrels.
(b) Black squirrels.
(c) Red squirrels.
(d) Silver squirrels.

10. 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.

11. What shape is on the prow of Leif's canoe?
(a) Head with spirit eyes.
(b) Bird.
(c) Bee.
(d) Flower.

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

13. How did the child's mother die in "The Saga of Sea Child"?
(a) Giving birth.
(b) Torn uterus.
(c) Unchecked bleeding.
(d) Pneumonia.

14. What does Leif dream of first while he dozes and his soup cooks in "Whale Song"?
(a) Little Carl.
(b) Bear.
(c) The death ship.
(d) Old Carl.

15. In "Whale Song" as Leif leaves the island, what feeling does he fight?
(a) Sadness.
(b) Melancholy.
(c) Depression.
(d) Misery.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In "Whale Song," what trees does Leif find when he moves further into the inlet?

3. How many whales start watching Leif when he laughs in "Whales"?

4. Where did Leif get the knife that he wears on his belt in "Island Currents"?

5. What is the only thought that Leif has at the beginning of "Mother Waters and Brother Whales"?

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