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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 10 - 11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is Matthew's sister away attending college?
(a) Anchorage.
(b) Homer.
(c) New York.
(d) Fairbanks.

2. Whose famous kidnapping is described as a point of cultural reference in Chapter 1?
(a) Leanora Henderson's kidnapping.
(b) Ted Bundy's kidnapping.
(c) Patty Hearst's kidnapping.
(d) Jennifer Ruben's kidnapping.

3. Who is the police officer that leads the search party in Chapter 8?
(a) Richard Anderson.
(b) Curt Ward.
(c) Brian Poe.
(d) James Elbert Cutler.

4. What animal(s) attack the animals at Leni's family's homestead in Chapter 10?
(a) Moose.
(b) Wolves.
(c) A bear.
(d) A mountain lion.

5. 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) Henry David Thoreau.
(c) John Muir.
(d) Jean-Jacques Rousseau.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did a massacre occur during the Olympics during the time period in which Chapter 1 is set?

2. What does Matthew say he wants to be when he grows up in Chapter 7?

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

4. What novel is sitting next to Leni on her bed in the beginning of Chapter 1?

5. Who attacks Ernt at the saloon in Chapter 11?

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