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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How deep is the water Leif stands in when he is five paces from the bear in "Changes; Skin to Wood to Water to Become"?
(a) Waist deep.
(b) Knee deep.
(c) Ankle deep.
(d) Hip deep.

2. In "Current Sliding," what does Leif do when the current goes the wrong way?
(a) Nap or carve on his plank.
(b) Clean up.
(c) Sharpen his knife and axe.
(d) Nap.

3. What did Leif think of doing at his twelfth-year time when Old Carl told him that things might get better or they might get worse?
(a) Hang himself.
(b) Jump over the side and let the sharks have him.
(c) Starve himself.
(d) Steal a boat and escape.

4. In "Dream Story," what does Leif hope to bring back from a dream?
(a) A memory of Little Carl.
(b) His mother's face.
(c) A memory of Old Carl.
(d) His father's face.

5. When Leif used to work on the ships, where would he always have a rash?
(a) Chest and back.
(b) Armpits and crotch.
(c) Armpits and feet.
(d) Stomach and crotch.

6. In "Dancing Giants," what does Leif find on the sides of a long channel he traverses?
(a) Dense thickets.
(b) Brambles and stunted trees.
(c) Rock cliffs.
(d) Thick brush and stunted trees.

7. What does Leif do after he pushes the canoe on shore at the end of "Sliding Currents"?
(a) Builds a fire.
(b) Sleeps.
(c) Picks and eats blackberries.
(d) Fishes and cooks a fish.

8. In "Sliding Currents," what supplies does Leif lose after encountering the whirlpool?
(a) Blanket bundle.
(b) Axe and story board.
(c) Axe and smoked fish.
(d) Spear, smoked fish, and story board.

9. In "Changes; Skin to Wood to Water to Become," what dream does Leif wake from?
(a) Drowning.
(b) A dark tunnel.
(c) Little Carl dancing.
(d) His mother.

10. How much bigger are blue whales than gray?
(a) 3 or 4 times.
(b) 3 times.
(c) 2 or 3 times.
(d) 4 times.

11. How does Leif learn to cross an inlet in "Heartbeat; Sea Pulse"?
(a) Watching the blue whales.
(b) Watching the seals.
(c) Watching the dolphins.
(d) Watching the orcas.

12. What does Leif have to eat besides blackberries and salmon in "Current Sliding"?
(a) Trout.
(b) Catfish.
(c) Blueberries.
(d) Nothing.

13. What god does Leif wonder might have saved him in "Sliding Currents"?
(a) Frigga.
(b) Odin.
(c) Balder.
(d) Freyja.

14. In "Dancing Giants," what breaks the monotony of the long, driving passage Leif takes?
(a) Jays and crows.
(b) Albatross and gannets.
(c) Ravens and seagulls.
(d) Eagles and hawks.

15. When does whale-Grace leave Leif in "Ice"?
(a) When he stops on an island for 3 days.
(b) When it storms.
(c) When the currents run strong.
(d) When he stops on an island for 4 days.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Dancing Giants," what does Leif feel like when he sees whales as he comes out of the fog?

2. In "The Cook Camp," how many days does Leif plan to spend smoking fish?

3. At the end of "Hearbeat; Sea Pulse," what does Leif find?

4. Where does Leif go at the end of "Dream Story"?

5. In "The Cook Camp," how does Leif decide to preserve his memories?

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