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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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?
(a) Steal a boat and escape.
(b) Starve himself.
(c) Hang himself.
(d) Jump over the side and let the sharks have him.

2. When Leif tries to cross an inlet that is twice as wide as the first two he crossed in "Heartbeat; Sea Pulse," what surround him?
(a) Seals.
(b) Dolphins.
(c) Blue whales.
(d) Orcas.

3. In "Ice," what sound does Leif hear before he is nearly swamped by a wave?
(a) Roar.
(b) Crash.
(c) Thunder.
(d) Rumble.

4. How are the birds a nuisance in "Current Sliding"?
(a) They keep trying to steal food.
(b) They keep buzzing around the canoe.
(c) They dive bomb the canoe.
(d) They drop scat on the canoe and Leif.

5. In "Sliding Currents," how deep is the water when Leif feels the canoe bump against the shore?
(a) Knee.
(b) Ankle.
(c) Shoulder.
(d) Waist.

6. 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) Fists.
(b) Claws.
(c) Paws.
(d) Bears.

7. In "Heartbeat; Sea Pulse," what type of wood does Leif use to make a replacement paddle?
(a) Pine.
(b) Ash.
(c) Birch.
(d) Cedar.

8. In "Dancing Giants," what does Leif find on the sides of a long channel he traverses?
(a) Dense thickets.
(b) Rock cliffs.
(c) Brambles and stunted trees.
(d) Thick brush and stunted trees.

9. In "Changes; Skin to Wood to Water to Become," how much bigger is the brown bear Leif sees than the largest black bears he has seen?
(a) 3 or 4 times.
(b) 2 times.
(c) 5 times.
(d) 2 or 3 times.

10. In "Dream Story," how many salmon does Leif catch when he finds a small gravel beach with a stream?
(a) 8.
(b) 12.
(c) 5.
(d) 10.

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

12. What is the bottom of the water like when Leif finally gets his canoe to an island in "Sliding Currents"?
(a) Boulders and rocks.
(b) Sandy.
(c) Rocky and gravelly.
(d) Littered with logs.

13. What type of berries does Leif find in "The Cook Camp"?
(a) Barberries.
(b) Blueberries.
(c) Huckleberries.
(d) Blackberries.

14. What does Leif have to eat besides blackberries and salmon in "Current Sliding"?
(a) Catfish.
(b) Trout.
(c) Blueberries.
(d) Nothing.

15. In "Dream Story," after how many days does Leif leave the ice wall?
(a) 3 days.
(b) 2 days.
(c) 5 days.
(d) A few days.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Leif think his mother would do if he could ever see her?

2. Where does Leif make camp at the end of "Dancing Giants"?

3. In "Sliding Currents" after surviving the whirlpool what is the first way that Leif tries to get his canoe to shore?

4. What does Leif consider and then reject eating in "Changes; Skin to Wood to Water to Become"?

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

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