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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Whale Song," what does Leif at first think jays are complaining about when he wakes?

2. What does Leif call the song he wants to sing for Little Carl?

3. What birds does Leif hear when he wakes after the first night of his and Little Carl's journey?

4. In "Wind Music," what does Leif see poking his head in the copper pot when he awakes?

5. How old was Leif when he and others were left in an isolated fish camp where a small river came into the sea?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. In "Whale Song," what encounter does Leif have with a bear?

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

4. How does plague come to the fish camp?

5. In "Whales," what happens when Leif laughs while he watches the young whales?

6. Who is Little Carl?

7. What happens to Leif when he is orphaned?

8. What would happen when the winters are very cold?

9. In "Mother Waters and Brother Whales," what is the breathing that Leif senses?

10. In "Whale Song," how does Leif break camp?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Leif was basically a slave on the ships where he worked. How would you compare Leif’s old life to his new life? How does his new life make him independent and the master of his own destiny?

Essay Topic 2

Old Carl packs supplies to send with Leif. What do those supplies reveal about Old Carl’s feelings for Leif?

Essay Topic 3

Leif catches cholera. How does Leif recover? How do purpose and a plan give him strength as he recovers?

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