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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 type of oil does the elder use in his lamp?
(a) Whale.
(b) Vegetable.
(c) Seal.
(d) Plant.

2. Oogruk says that _____ will help his memory.
(a) Stories.
(b) Warm meat.
(c) Whiskey.
(d) Stars.

3. Oogruk says that the new village had good things. Which was not one of the good things mentioned?
(a) Meat.
(b) Women.
(c) Fish.
(d) Songs.

4. Where do Russel and his father spend the Summer months?
(a) Igloo.
(b) Oil rigs.
(c) Government house.
(d) Fish camp.

5. What does Russel take to the elder?
(a) Goat's milk.
(b) Beads.
(c) Furs.
(d) Caribou heads.

Short Answer Questions

1. What animal was used to make Russel's underparka?

2. Oogruk says that before there was/were ______, animals "felt different about dying."

3. How old is Russel?

4. What animal was used to make Russel's outerparka?

5. What part of the village was of great interest to the villagers?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where does Russel live and with whom?

2. What does Russel admire about Oogruk?

3. Who is Ulgavik? What was special about the man?

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

5. What problem does Russel experience?

6. Discuss Russel's trance. What does he see?

7. What is a shaman?

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

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

10. Russel begins to learn about songs. How does Oogruk explain finding one's own song?

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