Quiz on 'The Explorer's Daughter' by Kari Herbert

What is the main theme of 'The Explorer's Daughter'?

• Technology

• Adventure

• Friendship

• Survival

What animal is primarily focused on in the text?

• Polar Bear

• Walrus

• Narwhal

• Seal

How does Herbert feel about the hunt initially?

• Excited

• Comfortable

• Uncomfortable

• Indifferent

What literary device is used in the phrase 'glittering kingdom'?

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Alliteration

• Personification

What does Herbert struggle to reconcile?

• Her desire to hunt and her compassion for animals

• Her understanding of Inuit culture and her own standards

• Her role as a teacher and a hunter

• Her love for nature and her fear of the hunt

What does the use of ellipsis in the text create?

• A sense of confusion

• A sense of urgency

• A sense of clarity

• A sense of foreshadowing

What is described as an essential contributor to the survival of the hunters?

• Trading with other communities

• Gathering berries

• Hunting narwhals

• Fishing

What does Herbert use to depict the beauty of nature?

• Narrative

• Imagery

• Statistics

• Dialogue

What does the phrase 'slowly, methodically passing each other by' suggest about the narwhals?

• They are fast

• They are solitary

• They are intelligent

• They are aggressive

What does Herbert compare in paragraph 4?

• Animal family and human family

• Nature and technology

• Hunting and fishing

• Survival and comfort