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English
6th Grade
03/05/2010

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What is Peter’s dad’s job?
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Glaciologist
Term
To what country did Peter’s dad hope to take Peter and his mom?
Definition
Greenland
Term
How much money was promised to the University to study global warming?
Definition
1.5 million
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What is the name of the graduate student who came to stay with Peter’s family?
Definition
Jonas
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What term does Miles use for shoes?
Definition
Cups
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What did the scrap of paper Peter found under the couch after breakfast say?
Definition
What’s the worst that can happen?
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When did Thea’s mother die?
Definition
When Thea was a baby
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What color was the council chamber’s ceiling?
Definition
Light blue
Term
What image was carved on Thea’s trunk?
Definition
An Oak tree
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What is Thea’s dog’s name?
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Peg/ Pegasus
Term
What breed of dog is Peg?
Definition
Chikchu
Term
Who is summoned when a woman wants to have a child?
Definition
The Angus
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What was Thea’s mom’s dog’s name?
Definition
Gru
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What is the name of the settlement where Thea lives?
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Gracehope
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How many pups did Cassie have?
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8
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What legendary markings did one of Cassie’s pups have?
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4 white paws
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What did the four white paws symbolize?
Definition
It was safe to cross the cold world again.
Term
What was the name of Peter’s favorite sled dog?
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Sasha
Term
What were the three words the first lines always began supper with?
Definition
To Thea's daughters
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What is the name of the closet town to Peter in Greenland?
Definition
Qaanaaq
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What was the original name of Grace's settlement?
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Grace's Hope
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What symbol on the map of Gracehope does Thea think indicates that it was drawn by a member of the first bloodline?
Definition
tree-sign signature
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What does Lucian say that the tree signature respresents on the map Thea receives?
Definition
survival
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What is Mattias's apprenticeship in?
Definition
engineering
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How is Thea's map different from the other 3?
Definition
It is roughly drawn, not as detailed
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How much higher does Jonas say the ocean would be if the whole Greenland ice cap melted?
Definition
20 feet
Term
What is mtDNA?
Definition
mitochondiral DNA
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What does mtDNA do?
Definition
tells each cell engine how to build itself so that the cell can work as it is supposed to
Term
What is Leber's disease?
Definition
impairs vision and may cause blindness in people
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What did Thea and Mattias find on the walls of the tunnel?
Definition
colored drawings of the settlers
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How were the drawings on the walls of the tunnel different from the ones on the wall of the Council Chamber?
Definition
they were in color, there were babies and older people; it was a vision of the future
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What 2 words are written at the top of the archway?
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Hope Lives
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On what surface do Thea's dogs sleep on?
Definition
sand
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What color is the light from the Thea's lightglobe?
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Green
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What is Thea's lightglobe fueled by?
Definition
oxygen
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Whose hand leads Thea back into through the hole?
Definition
Dexna, Mattias's grandmother
Term
What were the first words Dexna said after Thea was resued?
Definition
She is her mother's daughter
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What kind if scientist if Peter's mom?
Definition
a biologist
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Where counry is Peter's mom from?
Definition
England
Term
What is Thea's favorite salad?
Definition
smoked fish with bitterest greens
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What toy was Thea attached to when she was about 2 years old?
Definition
a toy ricewater pot
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What color is Peter's mom's notebook?
Definition
red
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Who was Chief of Council in Thea's mother's time?
Definition
Agis
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Who became Chief of Council after Agis?
Definition
Rowen
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Why did Mai have to leave Gracehope?
Definition
ordered to leave by Rowen because she had been going to the surface.
Term
Who left the map for Thea?
Definition
Dexna
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What was Mai's birth sister's name?
Definition
Aurora
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About how long has Dexna been silent?
Definition
about 14 years
Term
How are Peter and Thea related?
Definition
cousins
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What is Peter's gift?
Definition
exceptional eyesight; eye adept
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What is Aurora's gift?
Definition
ear adept
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What is Aurora's signal to Peter's dad that she had found GraceHope?
Definition
red flashlight
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What was the one different peg on the wooden beam made out of?
Definition
brass
Term
What is the Chikchu signal for swimming in the lake?
Definition
swimwarm
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What is the name of the legend pup?
Definition
feet
Term
What is Peter's Dad's name?
Definition
Gregory
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What is the red ring in the ice wall?
Definition
Mai's bracelet
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What is Feet addicted to?
Definition
Moo Shu Chicken
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What was behind the image of the 2 sisters that Mattias found in his mother's drawing table?
Definition
A sun
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After which birthday did Peter's mom begin questioning him about headaches?
Definition
12
Term
What was Peter's dad's job?
Definition
a glaciologist
Term
What were the 2 parts to his dad's job?
Definition
(a) teaching in New York (b) fieldwork
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How much money did the philanthropist promise the university?
Definition
1.5 million
Term
What was Peter's mom's book about?
Definition
mitochondrial DNA
Term
Who is Jonas?
Definition
one of Dr. Solemn's grad students
Term
According to Miles, what are pipes?
Definition
pants
Term
What had Peter's dad written on the paper Peter found under the couch?
Definition
What's the worst that can happen?
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Who is Mai?
Definition
Thea's mom who died when she was a baby
Term
How old is Ezra going to be?
Definition
5
Term
Who is Meriwether?
Definition
Thea's tutor
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Name 1 of the 3 inventions that Grace discovered.
Definition
1. How to seal ice to become like stone 2. Oxygen lamps 3. Water wheel that provided power and drew air from earth's surface
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Who gave birth to the settlement's first child?
Definition
Sarah
Term
Who is the last daughter of the first bloodline?
Definition
Thea
Term
What is Lana's job?
Definition
master gardener
Term
What are 2 of the 4 most important Chikchu traits?
Definition
1. strength 2. intelligence 3. coordination 4. loyalty
Term
How many pups did Cassie have?
Definition
8
Term
What was the legend's mark on the runt?
Definition
4 white paws
Term
Who is Peter's favorite husky?
Definition
Sasha
Term
Who is Lucian?
Definition
archivist
Term
What did Lucian tell Thea the tree sign meant?
Definition
"one survives"
Term
What color egg did Peter's mom choose from Fonel's spring egg box?
Definition
dark pink
Term
What 2 drawing's were on the wall of the tunnel they discovered?
Definition
(a) settlers walking to Gracehope (b) settlers returning to wider world
Term
What was carved on the archway at the end of the tunnel?
Definition
Hope Lives
Term
What is a beacon?
Definition
2 barks and a beat of silence
Term
What was 1 of the things Thea did to try and stop Gru from howling?
Definition
(a) pulled on Gru's harness (b) pressed on dog's eyes (c) pinched dog's ears (d) scratched dog's muzzle
Term
What did Peter do to help keep Mattias warm while he was trapped?
Definition
erected the hard weather pod around him
Term
Whose voice did Thea not recognize on the other side of the ice wall where she, Mattias, and Peter were trapped?
Definition
Dexna's voice
Term
What was Thea's favorite salad?
Definition
smoked fish with bitterest greens
Term
Why did Lana say Dexna chose to not speak?
Definition
to remind some of another voice that was silenced
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Why did Rowen use her position as Chief of Council to make Mai leave Gracehope?
Definition
her illness was unknown to them and posed a health risk
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What 2 reasons did Lucian give for himself telling Thea about her mother?
Definition
1. he loved Mai & they were a "family" 2. he told Mai of the tunnel
Term
Who left Mai the map?
Definition
Dexna
Term
Who was Mai's birth sister?
Definition
Aurora
Term
How long had Dexna remained silent?
Definition
14 years
Term
Who was Dolan's 1st apprentice?
Definition
Aurora
Term
Who was William?
Definition
the last eye adept before Peter
Term
What was the line that the William character in the play was supposed to say, but was forgotten?
Definition
"Yes, Grace, and I will alert you if I see hide or hair of the hunters."
Term
Who is Peter's one companion?
Definition
Feet
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