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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where had Leni's parents lived in a trailer park where her father had a good job as a mechanic?
(a) Walker.
(b) Springfield.
(c) Kent.
(d) Anderson.

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

3. How old is Leni's mother in Chapter 2?
(a) 26.
(b) 35.
(c) 30.
(d) 22.

4. What name is on the mailbox at the home in the affluent neighborhood where Leni's mother drives her in Chapter 2?
(a) Williams.
(b) Golliher.
(c) Watkins.
(d) Walker.

5. What is the name of the ferry that Leni's family takes to their land in Chapter 3?
(a) The Lanesborough.
(b) The Denali.
(c) The Tustamena.
(d) The St. Mary.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is described as Leni's most treasured possession in Chapter 3?

2. What do Leni and her family eat at a restaurant on the beach when they camp on the Spit in Chapter 3?

3. The narrator notes in Chapter 1 that one thing everyone is angry about these day is gas prices. What is the cost of gas described as?

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).

5. Who is Ernst's friend who leaves him his land in Alaska?

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