MEH LIT

Question 1

LOOK AT THE PRACTICE PASSAGE

Answer 1

AYE AYE SIR (Keep this at 1 permanently for it tis a reminder to LOOK AT THE PRACTICE PASSAGE

Question 2

Who wrote Melt

Answer 2

Ele Fountain

Question 3

What books did Ele Fountain write

Answer 3

Boy 87 - 2018, Lost - 2020, Melt - 2021, Fake - 2022, Wild - 2023

Question 4

Boy 87

Answer 4

published in 2018. It was about
the refugee crisis and won multiple awards.

Question 5

Lost

Answer 5

published in 2020, a Guardian children’s book of the year.

Question 6

Melt

Answer 6

released in 2021,
was shortlisted for several awards

Question 7

Fake

Answer 7

published 2022, a novel where “your only friends are
virtual and big tech companies control access to food,
healthcare, and leisure.”8 This novel won two awards
and was nominated for several others.

Question 8

Wild

Answer 8

Published 2023, a story about Jack, who loves
adventure and, like Melt, explores our relationship with
the natural world.

Question 9

What is the most visible
effect of climate change in the artic

Answer 9

the loss of sea ice

Question 10

What is another effect of climate change in the artic

Answer 10

the melting of the permafrost

Question 11

What is going to happen according to the world wildlife fund

Answer 11

50 percent of Arctic infrastructure could be at risk of damage by 2050

Question 12

How many billions of barrels of oil are in the arctic

Answer 12

approx. 90 BILLION BARRELS

Question 13

Exxon Valdez oil spill

Answer 13

released 11 million barrels of oil into the ocean in 1989. Happened in Prince William Sound, Alaska

Question 14

BP Deepwater Horizon

Answer 14

200 million barrels of oil released into the Gulf of Mexico in 2010

Question 15

Which language is akutaq

Answer 15

Alaskan or Russian Yupik

Question 16

Anaanatsiaq language

Answer 16

Canadian Inuit

Question 17

Where do the Inuit people come from

Answer 17

Eastern Russia,
Alaska, Arctic Canada, and Greenland

Question 18

What are some of the challenges that the Inuits facts

Answer 18

the loss of their indigenous languages and traditional hunting and gathering,

Question 19

Yutu

Answer 19

A fourteen-year-old boy living in a remote, unnamed
Arctic village. He was raised by his grandma since he has 7

Question 20

Grandma (Miki)

Answer 20

Grandma prefers to speak her native language even
though she knows some English. She lives in the
traditional way of her people

Question 21

Beatrice (Bea)

Answer 21

Beatrice, referred to as “Bea” throughout the story, is a
fourteen-year-old girl who has just started school in an
unnamed place somewhere in the Northern Hemisphere.

Question 22

Stella, Becky, Jessica, Lauren

Answer 22

These four girls bully Bea throughout the first part of
the novel. Stella is the leader; she introduces Bea to
the school, then begins to bully her. Stella is jealous of
Bea’s friendship with Will.

Question 23

Mum

Answer 23

Bea’s mother wants Bea to be happy. She tries to
connect with her daughter by doing things for her,
but she and Bea have a stereotypical teenage mother-
daughter relationship for most of the novel.

Question 24

Dad

Answer 24

Bea’s father works as a geologist and conducts surveys
of the land for oil companies. He knows how to pilot
an airplane and taught Bea how to fly.

Question 25

Sami, Jack, and Adam

Answer 25

These three boys are Yutu’s friends in the village. They
are depicted as disinterested in school and focused on
video gaming.

Question 26

Will

Answer 26

Will is a boy in Bea’s chemistry class who is nice to
her. He realizes she is intelligent, and they are good lab
partners together. Lauren has a crush on Will, creating
more tension between Bea and the girls.

Question 27

Men at the airport

Answer 27

Two unnamed men at the airport in the community by
the Arctic Circle attack and capture Bea’s father and
chase after Bea.

Question 28

What are the themes of Melt

Answer 28

Bravery, Bullying, Climate Change, Coming of Age, Friendship, Social Responsibility, and Survival