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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. 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) Willow.
(d) Rocky protuberance.

2. What god does Leif wonder might have saved him in "Sliding Currents"?
(a) Balder.
(b) Frigga.
(c) Freyja.
(d) Odin.

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

4. What is Leif thinking when suddenly the whirlpool stops in "Sliding Currents"?
(a) He just has to swim harder.
(b) He is going to die.
(c) He is drowning.
(d) He cannot escape.

5. What does Leif think that Old Carol would have called the inlet where he watches the ice?
(a) Firth.
(b) Bight.
(c) Loch.
(d) Fjord.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Leif learn to cross an inlet in "Heartbeat; Sea Pulse"?

2. 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?

3. In "Dream Story," what does Leif hope to bring back from a dream?

4. In "Sliding Currents," how many islands has Leif found?

5. In "Dream Story," what does Leif begin calling his journey?

Short Essay Questions

1. What becomes Leif's routine in "Heartbeat; Sea Pulse"?

2. How might a whirlpool form?

3. How does Leif get trapped among jumping whales, and how does he get free in "Dancing Giants"?

4. What does Leif remember about his life before in "Heartbeat; Sea Pulse"?

5. What comes to Leif that he describes as the ghost of his mother in "Ice"?

6. How does Leif try to pull away from the whirlpool, and how successful is he?

7. In "Dancing GIants," why does Leif have to tie the canoe off and hang and rest?

8. What is one way Leif learns to get across waves by studying the dolphins?

9. In "Ice," what happens when Leif comes to a small island well offshore and stays there for three days?

10. What is the island like that Leif choses for his cook camp?

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