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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Cora tell Leni to meet her in 40 minutes when Leni insists on saying goodbye to Matthew in Chapter 24?
(a) The Homer AirSkies counter.
(b) The America West counter.
(c) The Delta counter.
(d) The Glass Lake counter.

2. What is next to Leni in the nightmare that she has in the beginning of Chapter 15?
(a) A river.
(b) An open book.
(c) A skyscraper.
(d) A skeleton.

3. Where does Ernt tell Cora they are going to buy another snow machine on Saturday in Chapter 19?
(a) Homer.
(b) Anderson.
(c) Sterling.
(d) Ankara.

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

5. How old is Leni's grandfather described as being in Chapter 25?
(a) 80.
(b) 60.
(c) 70.
(d) 65.

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

7. What is the distance (one-way) of the trail at the Bear Claw Wilderness Area?
(a) 1.8 miles.
(b) 2.8 miles.
(c) 3.6. miles.
(d) 1.4 miles.

8. Where does Matthew say he was accepted into the university in Chapter 16?
(a) Fairbanks.
(b) Anchorage.
(c) Seattle.
(d) Portland.

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

10. By what alias is Leni living in Chapter 27?
(a) Susan Grant.
(b) Jennifer Watkins.
(c) Emily Williams.
(d) Jessica Anderson.

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

12. Where does Leni have a part-time job in Chapter 27?
(a) Addams Bookstore.
(b) McFee's Bookstore.
(c) Starbucks.
(d) Shorey's Bookstore.

13. 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.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Ms. Rhodes going to Homer on the day she asks Leni to teach in Chapter 16?

2. How many years have passed since Cora and Leni left Alaska in the beginning of Chapter 27?

3. In what month does Chapter 16 begin?

4. What kind of smell does Leni feels her mother's fear smells like when they get into the truck in Chapter 20?

5. What does Cora trade with the water taxi driver in exchange for his service?

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