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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 5 - 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Leni and her mother tend to while living in a commune, according to the narrator in Chapter 1?
(a) Beehives.
(b) Peach trees.
(c) Apple trees.
(d) Tomato farms.

2. What are the names of the eagles that Matthew takes Leni to see in Chapter 7?
(a) Jack and Doris.
(b) George and Martha.
(c) Lucy and Ricky.
(d) Sarah and Adam.

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

4. During what war was Leni's father shot down and captured?
(a) The U.S. War in Afghanistan.
(b) The Iraq War.
(c) World War II.
(d) The Vietnam War.

5. What is the name of Matthew's mother's boyfriend?
(a) Calhoun.
(b) Roger.
(c) Jack.
(d) Michael.

Short Answer Questions

1. To whom is the following quote from the novel's opening credited? "Nature never deceives us; it is always we who deceive ourselves" (6).

2. Where in Alaska do Leni and her family arrive to take the ferry to their new home?

3. Whose famous kidnapping is described as a point of cultural reference in Chapter 1?

4. Where was Ernt's father a rancher?

5. What is the name of the diner that Leni observes on Main Street in downtown Kaneq?

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