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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What name does Julie give to the second-in-command male of the pack?

2. What is the name of the ship that brings supplies to the Arctic Ocean towns every year?

3. In what direction did the berry bushes point in Julie's village?

4. What does Miyax find in the owl's nest?

5. How does Kapu show his hostile feelings for Miyax?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Kapu see that scares Miyax?

2. How does Miyax protect her meat after she sees the first signs of winter approaching?

3. Why is Miyax in the middle of the tundra at the beginning of the book?

4. How does Miyax respond to the shock she receives about her caribou meat?

5. What does Miyax do when she hears a plane flying overhead?

6. What happens when Amaroq rips up Miyax's leather mitten?

7. What did Kapugen tell Miyax about fear?

8. What does Miyax intend to do when she gets to the ocean?

9. What does Miyax see as her only hope in the tundra, and where did she get this idea?

10. How does Miyax make a compass?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The pursuit of happiness was a common theme found in this book. What parts of the plot embodied this theme, and how did that pursuit affect the characters involved?

Essay Topic 2

Maturity is a theme presented in a number of places in this plot, and is manifested in a number of different ways. Choose a few of these instances and compare and contrast them. How are they different in their manifestations of this sensitive theme?

Essay Topic 3

Persistence was a major attribute that a few of the main characters in this book possessed. Which characters had this trait, and how did it affect their role in the plot?

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