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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "Mother Waters and Brother Whales," what does Leif hear that seeps into his unconsciousness?
(a) Birds.
(b) Breathing.
(c) Waves on the canoe.
(d) Wind in the pines.

2. In "Island Current," what shape is the island that Leif drifts too?
(a) Oval.
(b) Square.
(c) Rectangular.
(d) Round.

3. In "Whale Song" when Leif cuts a willow, how tall does it cut it?
(a) Half again as tall as he is.
(b) Twice as tall as he is.
(c) 3 feet.
(d) 6 feet.

4. Where does Leif decide to bury Little Carl?
(a) On the beach.
(b) Under a tree.
(c) In a rock cairn.
(d) On an island.

5. In "Whale Song," what does Leif at first think jays are complaining about when he wakes?
(a) Squirrels.
(b) Eagles.
(c) Bears.
(d) Crows.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much salmon do Leif, little Carl, and the men smoke and dry?

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

3. What does Leif find to eat down the first deep opening in "Whale Song"?

4. In "Mother Waters and Brother Whales," what does Leif feel when he thinks he has lived while the others have died?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Leif get Little Carl's body out of the canoe?

2. How does Leif make a fish spear?

3. What are the circumstances of Leif's birth?

4. What does Leif see in "Whales"?

5. Where is Leif left when he is 12 and why?

6. What does Leif dream-remember about the whales?

7. What does a mother whale do when she tires of her young ones playing with the canoe in "Mother Waters and Brother Whales"?

8. How does hunger affect Leif when he wakes in "Whale Song"?

9. What is Leif's condition at the beginning of "Mother Waters and Brother Whales"?

10. What do the whales do with a seashore of stones?

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