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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many years have passed since Cora and Leni left Alaska in the beginning of Chapter 27?
(a) Three.
(b) Two.
(c) Nine.
(d) Seven.

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

3. How old is Leni when she graduates college?
(a) 25.
(b) 26.
(c) 21.
(d) 24.

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

5. What does Ernt do in the end of Chapter 16?
(a) He beats Leni.
(b) He calls his father.
(c) He beats Cora.
(d) He shoots his foot.

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

7. Who is Leni's court-appointed attorney in Chapter 30?
(a) Yvonne Wanrow.
(b) Clyde Anderson.
(c) Demby Cowe.
(d) Billy Horchow.

8. Who is the serial killer that Leni mentions in her Personal Statement?
(a) The Mad River Killer.
(b) The Zodiac Killer.
(c) The Green River Killer.
(d) The Clown Killer.

9. 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) 32.
(d) 35.

10. How much money did Lily Walker have in her pocket when she left her family to go West?
(a) $3.
(b) $10.
(c) $20.
(d) $5.

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

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

13. What college is Leni attending in Chapter 27?
(a) The University of Washington.
(b) The University of Alaska, Anchorage.
(c) The University of Alaska, Fairbanks.
(d) New York University.

14. What is the elevation gain for the trail at the Bear Claw Wilderness Area?
(a) 2600 feet.
(b) 1600 feet.
(c) 2000 feet.
(d) 1200 feet.

15. How does Leni travel to town to go and visit Matthew in Chapter 23?
(a) She takes the snow machine.
(b) She takes the truck.
(c) She takes the bus.
(d) Ernt drives her.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year does Chapter 27 open?

2. Where does Ernt tell Cora they are going to buy another snow machine on Saturday in Chapter 19?

3. To whom is the famous quote attributed in Chapter 25: "The mountains are calling and I must go" (306)?

4. What Shakespearean play is Leni's class studying in school in Chapter 15?

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

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