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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What was the best part of the animal to eat?
(a) Tenderloin.
(b) Chop.
(c) Flank.
(d) Shoulder.

3. What other weapon is taken on the hunting trip?
(a) Knife.
(b) Spear.
(c) Gun.
(d) Lance.

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

5. Oogruk says that before there was/were ______, animals "felt different about dying."
(a) Guns.
(b) Electricity.
(c) Outsiders.
(d) Fire.

6. The dogs also had the blood of ancestors from which location?
(a) Red Rock Falls.
(b) Coppermine River Village.
(c) Amber Creek Village.
(d) Silver Valley.

7. What is Russel's last name?
(a) Winslow.
(b) Ambrose.
(c) Susskit.
(d) Winthrop.

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

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

10. What is the name of the fastener used to hold the dogs together?
(a) Lash.
(b) Gangline.
(c) Rope.
(d) Tether.

11. Unlike other people in the village, Russel did not do which of the following?
(a) Teach Sunday school.
(b) Go to school.
(c) Swim.
(d) Hunt.

12. Oogruk compares dogs to ____.
(a) The wind.
(b) Long lost ancestors.
(c) White people.
(d) Bears.

13. What is a ptarmigan?
(a) Missionary.
(b) Shoe.
(c) Prayer book.
(d) Bird.

14. Russel wore pants made from the skin of which animal?
(a) Walrus.
(b) Bear.
(c) Caribou.
(d) Seal.

15. Russel does not understand why his father loves ____.
(a) His mother.
(b) Fish.
(c) Jesus.
(d) Russel.

Short Answer Questions

1. An old woman stated that while shamans were powerful they were not always ____.

2. For Russel, _____ and the dream time come together.

3. Where did the dogs come from?

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

5. What is the name of the elder consulted by Russel?

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