Grade 9 Final Term Exam in Anthology

The Explorer's Daughter is about

• A girl who used to live in Greenland with the Inughuit (Eskimos)

• A girl who climbed a mountain

• A girl who travelled around the world

The Explorer's Daughter could be described as...

• Narrative

• Travel Writing

• How-to guide

What animals are hunted in the text The Explorer's Daughter?

• Seals

• Polar bears

• Narwals

"Within an hour, even those of us on shore could with the naked eye see the plumes of spray from the narwhal catching the light in a spectral play of colour. Two large pods of narwhal circled in the fjord, often looking as if going to merge but always slowly methodically passing each other by."

The writer’s descriptions of the narwal in paragraph 1 of The Explorer's Daughter make them seem...

• Violent

• Menacing

• Beautiful

Which word is the most appropriate for describing the writer's feelings towards the narwals?

• Disgust

• Fear

• Awe

Describe the tone of the paragraph below.

The narwhal rarely stray from High Arctic waters, escaping only to the slightly more temperate waters towards the Arctic Circle in the dead of winter, but never entering the warmer southern seas. In summer, the hunters of Thule are fortunate to witness the annual return of the narwhal to the Inglefield Fjord, on the side of which we now stand.

• Factual and detached

• Emotive

What does the word "essential" suggest about Herbert's attitude to hunting?

• That it is unfair as the narwhals are such beautiful creatures

• That hunting narwhals is essential for the survival of the Inughuit

Narwal tusks are more useful to humans than the narwhals themselves.

• True

• False

What does Herbert imply about hunters?

• That they are vulnerable

• That they are cowardly

Why does Herbert consider narwhal hunting a dilemma?

• Because she thinks it shouldn't happen

• Because she understands why people must hunt but she also wants the narwhal to survive