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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of smell does Leni feels her mother's fear smells like when they get into the truck in Chapter 20?
(a) Bitter.
(b) Sour.
(c) Salty.
(d) Sweet.

2. How much money did Lily Walker have in her pocket when she left her family to go West?
(a) $10.
(b) $20.
(c) $3.
(d) $5.

3. What does Leni's father yell at the tourists on the bridge in Chapter 20 (243)?
(a) "Go home, hippies."
(b) "Go back to Utah."
(c) "Go back to California."
(d) "Where are you going?"

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

5. Whose case went to the Supreme Court and impacted the way that domestic violence victims were treated, as noted in Chapter 27?
(a) Jessica Poe.
(b) Emily Warren.
(c) Alexandra Ross.
(d) Yvonne Wanrow.

6. Why do Leni and Matthew abandon their picnic in Chapter 19?
(a) Because it begins raining.
(b) Because Ernt returns home.
(c) Because they're informed of a plane crash.
(d) Because the town alarm goes off.

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

8. Where does Matthew say he was accepted into the university in Chapter 16?
(a) Seattle.
(b) Anchorage.
(c) Portland.
(d) Fairbanks.

9. What gift does Matthew give to Leni when he returns in Chapter 14?
(a) A camera.
(b) A bracelet.
(c) A necklace.
(d) A ring.

10. What book about the last man alive on earth is described in Chapter 15?
(a) The Call of the Wild.
(b) Another Roadside Attraction.
(c) Last Days.
(d) Childhood's End.

11. Akutaq is Eskimo ice cream made of blueberries, sugar, snow, and what?
(a) Crisco.
(b) Cream.
(c) Milk.
(d) Butter.

12. What does Leni's court-appointed attorney tell her to do at the arraignment in Chapter 30?
(a) To plead insanity.
(b) To plead not guilty.
(c) To plead guilty.
(d) To plead defense.

13. Where does Ernt tell Cora they are going to buy another snow machine on Saturday in Chapter 19?
(a) Sterling.
(b) Homer.
(c) Ankara.
(d) Anderson.

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

15. Where does Cora tell Leni to meet her in 40 minutes when Leni insists on saying goodbye to Matthew in Chapter 24?
(a) The Homer AirSkies counter.
(b) The Glass Lake counter.
(c) The America West counter.
(d) The Delta counter.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is next to Leni in the nightmare that she has in the beginning of Chapter 15?

2. Why are there no mirrors in Leni's house in Chapter 15?

3. What book is Leni said to be reading for the third consecutive time in Chapter 27?

4. Who is the female star from Splendor in the Grass that is described in Chapter 19?

5. What bird does Leni see in the sky in the dreamscape in Chapter 21?

(see the answer keys)

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