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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What book about the last man alive on earth is described in Chapter 15?
(a) Last Days.
(b) Childhood's End.
(c) Another Roadside Attraction.
(d) The Call of the Wild.

2. Where have Leni, Cora, and MJ lived for the past few years in a rental house, according to the narrator in Chapter 27?
(a) West Woodland.
(b) Spokane.
(c) Wallingford.
(d) Fremont.

3. Who had located Leni and Matthew's campsite after they had fallen, according to Cora in Chapter 22?
(a) Sheriff Morrison.
(b) Ernt.
(c) Large Marge.
(d) Tom.

4. What book had Leni sent Matthew for his fifteenth birthday?
(a) To Have and Have Not.
(b) The Lord of the Rings.
(c) The Call of the Wild.
(d) Another Roadside Attraction.

5. What is the name of Leni's grandfather?
(a) Cecil.
(b) Lloyd.
(c) Aaron.
(d) Michael.

6. Where is the long-term facility that Matthew is moved to in Chapter 23?
(a) Homer.
(b) Seattle.
(c) Anchorage.
(d) Fairbanks.

7. What gift does Matthew give to Leni when he returns in Chapter 14?
(a) A bracelet.
(b) A necklace.
(c) A ring.
(d) A camera.

8. How does Leni manage to free Matthew from the rocks on the cliffside in Chapter 21?
(a) By cutting free his shirt.
(b) By cutting free his belt.
(c) By cutting free his backpack.
(d) By cutting off his left arm.

9. To whom is the famous quote attributed in Chapter 25: "The mountains are calling and I must go" (306)?
(a) Henry David Thoreau.
(b) Colleen McCullough.
(c) Jean-Jacques Rousseau.
(d) John Muir.

10. What causes Mad Earl's death?
(a) A boating accident.
(b) Cancer.
(c) A heart attack.
(d) A car accident.

11. In what month does Chapter 16 begin?
(a) May.
(b) April.
(c) June.
(d) September.

12. Why does Tom Walker say he is digging a trench in Chapter 20?
(a) To put in a generator.
(b) To build a fence.
(c) To build a parking lot.
(d) To lay down land mines.

13. Why is Ms. Rhodes going to Homer on the day she asks Leni to teach in Chapter 16?
(a) To visit her mother.
(b) To get married.
(c) To see her sick sister.
(d) To help an injured eagle.

14. How is Ernt killed in Chapter 23?
(a) He is stabbed.
(b) He drowns.
(c) He has a snowmobile accident.
(d) He is shot.

15. What does Leni's father yell at the tourists on the bridge in Chapter 20 (243)?
(a) "Go back to Utah."
(b) "Where are you going?"
(c) "Go back to California."
(d) "Go home, hippies."

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Large Marge say she came to talk to Cora about in order to make Ernt leave the cabin in Chapter 18?

2. What is the name of the long-term facility that Matthew is moved to in Chapter 23?

3. When is the newspaper article that Matthew set aside as a birthday gift for Leni dated?

4. Where are Leni and Matthew airlifted after falling down the cliffside?

5. What is the name of MJ's stuffed orca that he sleeps with?

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