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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is Leni camping with her family in the beginning of Chapter 27?
(a) The Hoh Rain Forest.
(b) The Lower Falls Wilderness.
(c) The Spokane Wilderness Area.
(d) The Humboldt Rain Forest.

2. What word is repeated in Matthew's mind as he lay in a vegetative state after the accident?
(a) Life.
(b) Love.
(c) Her.
(d) Help.

3. From what illness does Cora die?
(a) Lung cancer.
(b) Brain cancer.
(c) Breast cancer.
(d) Alzheimer's disease.

4. How is Large Marge's home described in Chapter 24?
(a) It is a large wood cabin.
(b) It is a large yurt.
(c) It is a refurbished barn.
(d) It is a small brick home.

5. 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 see her sick sister.
(c) To help an injured eagle.
(d) To get married.

6. When is the newspaper article that Matthew set aside as a birthday gift for Leni dated?
(a) July 4, 1979.
(b) July 4, 1965.
(c) July 4, 1970.
(d) July 4, 1972.

7. 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.

8. Where are Leni and Matthew airlifted after falling down the cliffside?
(a) To Homer.
(b) To Anchorage.
(c) To Fairbanks.
(d) To Seattle.

9. What Shakespearean play is Leni's class studying in school in Chapter 15?
(a) Romeo and Juliet.
(b) Hamlet.
(c) Henry V.
(d) Macbeth.

10. Whose poems does Leni recite to Matthew when they are trapped and injured on the cliffside?
(a) Robert Service's poems.
(b) Edgar Allan Poe's poems.
(c) Henry David Thoreau's poems.
(d) Walt Whitman's poems.

11. How old does Lily Walker say she was when she came to Alaska in the newpaper article given to Leni for her eighteenth birthday?
(a) 23.
(b) 41.
(c) 35.
(d) 32.

12. How many siblings does Lily Walker describe growing up with in the newspaper article from Chapter 25?
(a) Five.
(b) Three.
(c) Four.
(d) Six.

13. Approximately how many miles is Fairbanks from the Arctic Circle?
(a) 100 miles.
(b) 120 miles.
(c) 60 miles.
(d) 200 miles.

14. How tall is Matthew said to be in Chapter 14?
(a) 6'2".
(b) 6'4".
(c) 6'.
(d) 5'11".

15. What is used to weigh down Ernt's body in Chapter 24?
(a) Animal traps.
(b) Rocks and ropes.
(c) A large car wheel.
(d) Harness chains.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Leni studying in college in Chapter 27?

2. What does Leni's father yell at the tourists on the bridge in Chapter 20 (243)?

3. When does Chief Ward day Leni will be arraigned as Tom leaves in Chapter 30?

4. Who is the male star from Splendor in the Grass that is described in Chapter 19?

5. Where does Matthew say he was accepted into the university in Chapter 16?

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