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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the cove upon which Leni's father's land sits in Kaneq?
(a) Crab Cove.
(b) Otter Cove.
(c) Owl Cove.
(d) Moose Cove.

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

3. How is Cora injured in the car accident in Chapter 11?
(a) Her arm is broken.
(b) Her leg is broken.
(c) Her ribs are broken.
(d) Her spleen is ruptured.

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) John Muir.
(b) Edgar Allan Poe.
(c) Jean-Jacques Rousseau.
(d) Henry David Thoreau.

5. Why does Cora believe that Ernt is innocent of committing the vandalism at the saloon?
(a) Because he had taken a job at the saloon.
(b) Because he liked the saloon too much to damage it.
(c) Because he was home sleeping.
(d) Because he had no weapons to use.

6. Where does Matthew say his grandfather met his grandmother Lily in Chapter 5?
(a) Nome.
(b) Homer.
(c) Fairbanks.
(d) Anchorage.

7. What kind of lunch box does Leni take to school?
(a) A Winnie the Pooh lunch box.
(b) A Mickey Mouse lunch box.
(c) A Little Mermaid lunch box.
(d) A Pink Panther lunch box.

8. What does Leni shoot when she goes hunting with her parents in Chapter 8?
(a) A duck.
(b) A moose.
(c) A deer.
(d) A hare.

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

10. What is Large Marge's last name?
(a) Wallace.
(b) Anderson.
(c) Watkins.
(d) Birdsall.

11. How old is Leni in the opening of Chapter 12?
(a) 17.
(b) 14.
(c) 16.
(d) 19.

12. Who is Ernst's friend who leaves him his land in Alaska?
(a) Roger Harlan.
(b) Jack Harlan.
(c) Red Harlan.
(d) Bo Harlan.

13. What drug does Ernt compare Cora to in Chapter 10?
(a) Marijuana.
(b) Heroin.
(c) Nicotine.
(d) Cocaine.

14. According to the narrator in Chapter 10, what did the palm reader from Anchor Point do for a living before coming to Alaska?
(a) She was a cop.
(b) She was a lawyer.
(c) She was a dentist.
(d) She was a banker.

15. How much money per hour does Tom Walker offer to the townspeople of Kaneq to work on rebuilding the saloon?
(a) $6.
(b) $4.
(c) $10.
(d) $2.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Ernt use to vandalize the saloon in town?

2. During what war was Leni's father shot down and captured?

3. Where do Leni's parents buy beer when they camp on the Spit in Chapter 3?

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

5. What is Calhoun's last name?

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