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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what month does Chapter 14 begin?
(a) April.
(b) September.
(c) January.
(d) March.

2. What is used to weigh down Ernt's body in Chapter 24?
(a) Harness chains.
(b) Rocks and ropes.
(c) Animal traps.
(d) A large car wheel.

3. Whose poems does Leni recite to Matthew when they are trapped and injured on the cliffside?
(a) Walt Whitman's poems.
(b) Robert Service's poems.
(c) Henry David Thoreau's poems.
(d) Edgar Allan Poe's poems.

4. What is the name of MJ's stuffed orca that he sleeps with?
(a) Jack.
(b) Bob.
(c) Roger.
(d) Blue.

5. 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.

6. In what month does Chapter 16 begin?
(a) April.
(b) June.
(c) September.
(d) May.

7. What book had Leni sent Matthew for his fifteenth birthday?
(a) Another Roadside Attraction.
(b) The Lord of the Rings.
(c) To Have and Have Not.
(d) The Call of the Wild.

8. What is the carved heart made of on the necklace that Matthew gives Leni in Chapter 17?
(a) Oak.
(b) Bone.
(c) Clay.
(d) Ash.

9. What does Ernt consume himself with building on his property in Chapter 19?
(a) A smokehouse.
(b) A wall.
(c) A boat dock.
(d) A goat pen.

10. What is Leni studying in college in Chapter 27?
(a) American history.
(b) Photography.
(c) English literature.
(d) Creative writing.

11. What are described as the most destructive forces on earth in Chapter 20?
(a) Love and fear.
(b) Love and hate.
(c) Hate and fear.
(d) Lust and envy.

12. Where have Leni, Cora, and MJ lived for the past few years in a rental house, according to the narrator in Chapter 27?
(a) Spokane.
(b) Fremont.
(c) West Woodland.
(d) Wallingford.

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

14. 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.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What genre of novels does Leni consume during the month of June in Chapter 19?

2. What does Large Marge say she came to talk to Cora about in order to make Ernt leave the cabin in Chapter 18?

3. Where does Ernt tell Cora they are going to buy another snow machine on Saturday in Chapter 19?

4. What word is repeated in Matthew's mind as he lay in a vegetative state after the accident?

5. How many siblings does Lily Walker describe growing up with in the newspaper article from Chapter 25?

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