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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "Sliding Currents" and "Changes: Skin to Wood to Water to Become".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "Mother Waters and Brother Whales," what does Leif hear that seeps into his unconsciousness?
(a) Breathing.
(b) Birds.
(c) Waves on the canoe.
(d) Wind in the pines.

2. How many whales start watching Leif when he laughs in "Whales"?
(a) 4.
(b) 1.
(c) 2.
(d) 3.

3. In "Changes; Skin to Wood to Water to Become," how tall is the shaft Leif cuts for a new spear?
(a) Longer than Old Carl was tall.
(b) 3 feet.
(c) Twice Leif's height.
(d) 4 feet.

4. After the whales and other creatures leave in "Hunger," what is the only sign they were there?
(a) Dead salmon floating onto the shore.
(b) Guts on the shore.
(c) Stains on the rocks.
(d) Bones on the shore.

5. At the base of what type of tree does Leif bury Little Carl?
(a) Balsam.
(b) Pine.
(c) Cedar.
(d) Fir.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many rocks, none bigger than Leif's fist, cover the shore where Leif goes with the whales in "Whales"?

2. What wakes Leif in "Sliding Currents"?

3. How far is Leif able to paddle when the wind is against him in "Hunger"?

4. In "Changes; Skin to Wood to Water to Become," how many fish does Leif catch after the encounter with the bear?

5. In "Whales," instead of being afraid of the orcas, what does Leif consider them?

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