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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. Where does Leif go to spend more time watching the ice?
(a) Small cove.
(b) Small fjord.
(c) Small creek.
(d) Small inlet.
2. How are the birds a nuisance in "Current Sliding"?
(a) They keep buzzing around the canoe.
(b) They keep trying to steal food.
(c) They dive bomb the canoe.
(d) They drop scat on the canoe and Leif.
3. In "Current Sliding," what always follows Leif?
(a) Ravens.
(b) Jays.
(c) Magpies.
(d) Crows.
4. In "Heartbeat; Sea Pulse," when Leif makes a proper camp, how long might he stay?
(a) 1 or 2 days.
(b) 3 days.
(c) 4 days.
(d) 2 or 3 days.
5. In "Ice," what sound does Leif hear before he is nearly swamped by a wave?
(a) Roar.
(b) Crash.
(c) Thunder.
(d) Rumble.
Short Answer Questions
1. In "Sliding Currents," how deep is the water when Leif feels the canoe bump against the shore?
2. 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?
3. As Leif tries to navigate around the whales in "Dancing Giants," what does he find himself hanging onto?
4. How does Leif learn to cross an inlet in "Heartbeat; Sea Pulse"?
5. What god does Leif wonder might have saved him in "Sliding Currents"?
Short Essay Questions
1. How are all the islands connected?
2. How does Leif try to pull away from the whirlpool, and how successful is he?
3. How does Leif make a shelter in "Cook Camp"?
4. In "Changes; Skin to Wood to Water to Become," what does Leif determine to do after his encounter with the bear?
5. What does Leif think he sees in the distance in "Ice," and what does he find when he gets closer?
6. In "Ice," what happens when Leif comes to a small island well offshore and stays there for three days?
7. What makes Leif realize he is not alone in "Changes; Skin to Wood to Water to Become"?
8. What comes to Leif that he describes as the ghost of his mother in "Ice"?
9. After being stuck in the whirlpool, how does Leif get his canoe to the shore, and what is he missing when he gets there?
10. What does Leif remember about his life before in "Heartbeat; Sea Pulse"?
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