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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What color is animal fat?
(a) Brown.
(b) Yellow.
(c) White.
(d) Clear.

2. It is said that a shaman can make ____ talk.
(a) Animals.
(b) Stars.
(c) Stones.
(d) Water.

3. The area in which Russel lived often experienced long ____.
(a) Droughts.
(b) Nights.
(c) Seasons.
(d) Summers.

4. What is the name of the man who could sing to the birds?
(a) Ulgavik.
(b) Glinnick.
(c) Bartok.
(d) Oogruk.

5. What animal was used to make Russel's outerparka?
(a) Deer.
(b) Bear.
(c) Moose.
(d) Seal.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of large land creature is often part of the family meal?

2. What was Russel's father's favorite flower?

3. What is supposedly contained in raw seal meat?

4. What tool was used to kill whales?

5. Russel offers to give his ___ to the old man but Oogruk refuses.

Short Essay Questions

1. Where does Russel live and with whom?

2. What is a shaman?

3. What is the basis of the story?

4. Oogruk tells Russel about the founding of the village. Who founded the village? How did things change when the people arrived?

5. What offer does Oogruk make to Russel? How does Russel's life change?

6. What is the warning Russel receives from his father about cooking meat?

7. What advice does Russel's father give about Oogruk?

8. Oogruk tells Russel about missing his wife, who ran off. What does Oogruk say? What is Russel's reaction?

9. Why does Russel go to Oogruk?

10. Who are the Outsiders? Why are they different from the Eskimos?

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