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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Leif put under the canoe for a bed if he makes a proper camp in "Heartbeat; Sea Pulse"?
(a) Cedar limbs.
(b) Pine needles.
(c) Blanket.
(d) Pine boughs.

2. What does Leif consider and then reject eating in "Changes; Skin to Wood to Water to Become"?
(a) Worms.
(b) Crows.
(c) Ravens.
(d) Grubs.

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

4. When Leif comes out of the fog in "Dancing Giants," what type of whales does he see?
(a) Bowhead.
(b) Orca.
(c) Fin.
(d) Gray.

5. When does whale-Grace leave Leif in "Ice"?
(a) When it storms.
(b) When he stops on an island for 4 days.
(c) When he stops on an island for 3 days.
(d) When the currents run strong.

6. As Leif tries to navigate around the whales in "Dancing Giants," what does he find himself hanging onto?
(a) Evergreen branch.
(b) Dead tree limb.
(c) Rocky protuberance.
(d) Willow.

7. In "Sliding Currents," what does Leif thinks it feels like are pulling his legs as he is dragged into the center of the whirlpool?
(a) Paws.
(b) Claws.
(c) Fists.
(d) Bears.

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

9. Where does Leif make camp at the end of "Dancing Giants"?
(a) Near a trickling brook.
(b) Under a cedar.
(c) In a thicket.
(d) Under a pine.

10. In addition to the gray whales, what other whales does Leif see in "Dancing Giants"?
(a) Right whales.
(b) Bryde's whale.
(c) Omura's whale.
(d) Humpbacks and blues.

11. How much bigger are blue whales than gray?
(a) 3 or 4 times.
(b) 2 or 3 times.
(c) 3 times.
(d) 4 times.

12. In "Dream Story," what word is on the paddle Leif finds?
(a) Mystic.
(b) Osprey.
(c) Dartmouth.
(d) Swallow.

13. How many fish does Leif catch in "The Cook Camp"?
(a) 4.
(b) 1.
(c) 3.
(d) 2.

14. At the end of "Hearbeat; Sea Pulse," what does Leif find?
(a) Joy.
(b) Happiness.
(c) Exuberance.
(d) Delight.

15. When Leif ties off his canoe and goes ashore near a cove in "Ice," what does he find to eat?
(a) Mulberries.
(b) Huckleberries.
(c) Elderberries.
(d) Blackberries.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "The Cook Camp," what shape does Leif make his drying rack?

2. In "Dancing Giants," what does Leif feel like when he sees whales as he comes out of the fog?

3. What did Leif think of doing at his twelfth-year time when Old Carl told him that things might get better or they might get worse?

4. What does Leif put in his mouth because he is hungry in "Changes; Skin to Wood to Water to Become"?

5. In "Dancing Giants," what breaks the monotony of the long, driving passage Leif takes?

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