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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whose death in The Outsiders turned Leni inside out?
(a) Frank's death.
(b) Joe's death.
(c) Johnny's death.
(d) Peter's death.

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

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

4. What is Matthew's middle name?
(a) James.
(b) Brian.
(c) Michael.
(d) Denali.

5. What did Ernt use to vandalize the saloon in town?
(a) A rock.
(b) A gun.
(c) A torch.
(d) An axe.

6. What does Cora make for dinner that leads to Ernt sweeping his plate to the floor in Chapter 10?
(a) Spam and beans.
(b) Potato soup.
(c) Chicken and dumplings.
(d) Beef stew.

7. What has Ernt hunted for dinner on Leni's first day of school in Chapter 5?
(a) Rabbits.
(b) Squirrels.
(c) Geese.
(d) Ducks.

8. What does Ernt teach Leni and Cora to do in Chapter 6?
(a) To smoke salmon.
(b) To shoot a rifle.
(c) To fish.
(d) To hoe the garden.

9. Where does Leni's class go on a field trip in Chapter 6?
(a) Moose Cove.
(b) Owl Cove.
(c) Grizzly Cove.
(d) Eaglet Cove.

10. Where did Axle move after impregnating a girl, according to the narrator in Chapter 13?
(a) To New York City.
(b) To Little Rock, Arkansas.
(c) To Anchorage.
(d) To a Yupik settlement.

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

12. 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) Henry David Thoreau.
(d) Jean-Jacques Rousseau.

13. What animal does Leni hunt and kill in the beginning of Chapter 12?
(a) A grizzly bear.
(b) A moose.
(c) A pronghorn deer.
(d) A Dall sheep.

14. Who is playing buckets as bongo drums at the barbecue in Chapter 5?
(a) Tom Walker.
(b) Mad Earl.
(c) Large Marge.
(d) Eckhart Walker.

15. What book does Matthew say his mother has been reading since Christmas in Chapter 5?
(a) Another Roadside Attraction.
(b) The Call of the Wild.
(c) To Have and Have Not.
(d) The Fellowship of the Ring.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. How long ago does Natalie Watkins say she came to Alaska?

3. According to the narrator in Chapter 10, what did the palm reader from Anchor Point do for a living before coming to Alaska?

4. In what year does Chapter 1 begin?

5. What color is the sky described as when the breakup in Alaska takes place in Chapter 12?

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