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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is an ulu?
(a) Boot.
(b) Fishing pole.
(c) Knife.
(d) Dog.

2. What is supposedly contained in raw seal meat?
(a) Worms.
(b) Parasites.
(c) Larvae.
(d) Eggs.

3. What type of animal skins line the elder's floor?
(a) Moose.
(b) Bear.
(c) Caribou.
(d) Seal.

4. How many wives has the elder had?
(a) 3.
(b) 4.
(c) 2.
(d) 1.

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

6. The elder is the only one in the village who owns ____.
(a) A sled.
(b) Showshoes.
(c) Gloves.
(d) Dogs.

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

8. What type of water creature is often part of the family meal?
(a) Shark.
(b) Walrus.
(c) Seal.
(d) Whale.

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

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

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

12. What material was used to make the hinges?
(a) Plastic.
(b) Plant fiber.
(c) Metal.
(d) Leather.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the old man, what should one do after killing an animal?

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

3. What is a hummock?

4. What is Russel's ethnicity?

5. Oogruk says that _____ will help his memory.

(see the answer keys)

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