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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. Russel gets the sense that this new village is _____.
(a) Multi-cultural.
(b) Transitional.
(c) Needy.
(d) Prosperous.

2. Which is not one of the words used to describe the mother?
(a) Beautiful.
(b) Fat.
(c) Dirty.
(d) Shiny.

3. Which of the following animals attack the corpses of the woman and children?
(a) Caribou.
(b) Bear.
(c) Wolves.
(d) Leopards.

4. How far is Russel from home?
(a) 150 miles.
(b) 75 miles.
(c) 100 miles.
(d) 125 miles.

5. Russel notices that the dogs are large. They come up to a man's ____.
(a) Hip.
(b) Shoulder.
(c) Waist.
(d) Chest.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the older man do after the animal is killed?

2. Russel sees ___ children in his dream.

3. Russel realizes that the man takes his strength from the _____.

4. What group of animals does Russel find?

5. Russel admires which item belonging to the man?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the man do after killing the mammoth? What is Russel's reaction?

2. What is the man's state of mind at this point? What does the man do next?

3. What does Russel notice about the dogs? What does he do?

4. Who is the pregnant woman? What is her story? What happens with the baby?

5. What is the animal encountered by Russel's dream-self? What happens when the man attacks the mammoth?

6. After a night of rest, Russel goes back out into the wilderness. What concerns does Russel have about the dogs?

7. What is the purpose of the scene with the woolly mammoth? What does it represent?

8. What does Russel discover when he wakes from his first dream? What is his next step?

9. What are Russel's first impressions when he leaves Oogruk's house?

10. Russel finds a person lying in the snow. The person is unconscious. Who is the person and what has happened?

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