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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 3 - 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many of every 1,000 Alaskans go missing each year, according to Large Marge in Chapter 3?
(a) Five.
(b) Ten.
(c) Three.
(d) Two.

2. What do Leni and her family eat at a restaurant on the beach when they camp on the Spit in Chapter 3?
(a) Mussels.
(b) Crab.
(c) Clams.
(d) Catfish.

3. What novel is sitting next to Leni on her bed in the beginning of Chapter 1?
(a) Watership Down.
(b) To Have and Have Not.
(c) The Hobbit.
(d) The Grapes of Wrath.

4. To whom is the following quote from the novel's opening credited? "Nature never deceives us; it is always we who deceive ourselves" (6).
(a) Edgar Allan Poe.
(b) John Muir.
(c) Jean-Jacques Rousseau.
(d) Henry David Thoreau.

5. In what vehicle do Leni and her family travel to Alaska?
(a) A Ford pickup.
(b) A VW bug.
(c) A VW bus.
(d) A Chevy pickup.

Short Answer Questions

1. What paperbook novel does Leni's father give her in Chapter 1?

2. When Natalie Watkins introduces herself in Chapter 4, she says, "You know what they say about finding a man in Alaska" (38). What is her assessment?

3. Where did Leni live with her mother at a commune when Leni's father was in the service?

4. Where is Geneva Walker from?

5. What is the name of the ferry that Leni's family takes to their land in Chapter 3?

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