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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Wander swear he will never cross again in "Food"?
(a) The black river.
(b) The blue river.
(c) The yellow river.
(d) The green river.

2. Who used to tell Wander and his siblings "Everyone eats, and everyone is eaten" when they were pups (257)?
(a) Father.
(b) Sharp.
(c) Song.
(d) Growl.

3. What does the raven appear to do in the beginning of "Almost"?
(a) Sit in the air.
(b) Fall from the air.
(c) Spin in the air.
(d) Fly backwards.

4. Who is Wander's bigger brother?
(a) Growl.
(b) Sharp.
(c) Warm.
(d) Wag.

5. Who is always second to eat among the pack, according to the narrator in "Rival"?
(a) Wander.
(b) Pounce.
(c) Song.
(d) Wag.

6. Who does Father choose to run the herd in hunts over the winter in "Rival"?
(a) Growl.
(b) Wag.
(c) Wander.
(d) Pounce.

7. In "Lightning," the narrator says, "... the hard edges of my memory become sharper. They push deep into me like a tooth" (685). What literary device is used in this passage?
(a) Allegory.
(b) Simile.
(c) Alliteration.
(d) Metaphor.

8. What color is Song's fur described as?
(a) Golden.
(b) Gray.
(c) Dark brown.
(d) Black.

9. What emerges from the barn in "Almost"?
(a) An angry badger.
(b) A wild horse.
(c) A man with a gun.
(d) A wolf.

10. Who from Wander's pack does he hear howling at the end of the pale wolves' howl in "Elk"?
(a) Warm.
(b) Mother.
(c) Wag.
(d) Sharp.

11. What does Wander dream of once he has escaped danger in "Lightning"?
(a) Running in a thunderstorm.
(b) Facing off with the rival wolf pack.
(c) Killing a moose.
(d) Killing an otter.

12. Wander's father tells him in "Watch" that nothing hunts a grown wolf but what?
(a) Men.
(b) Moose.
(c) Bears.
(d) Cougars.

13. What does the raven lead Wander to in "Raven"?
(a) A dead deer.
(b) A dead elk.
(c) A dead rabbit.
(d) A dead dog.

14. What kind of bird does Wander watch and marvel at its acrobatics in "Pain"?
(a) A hummingbird.
(b) An eagle.
(c) A hawk.
(d) An egret.

15. Who leaps at the elk after Father has it by the neck in "Rival"?
(a) Sharp.
(b) Wag.
(c) Pounce.
(d) Song.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Wander get the coyotes to scramble in "Raven"?

2. Who eats first among the pack after the elk is killed in "Rival"?

3. What are sheep referred to as in "Elk"?

4. The raven leads Wander away from the food and to a cloister of what kind of trees in the end of "Food"?

5. Where has Wander been injured in "Pain"?

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