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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is Russel's ethnicity?
(a) Eskimo.
(b) Native American.
(c) Inuit.
(d) Finnish.

3. What item did Russel own and used in place of dogs?
(a) Snowmachine.
(b) Power shovel.
(c) Toboggan.
(d) Snowshoes.

4. Russel and his father spent the Winter months in which type of house?
(a) Government.
(b) Igloo.
(c) Commune.
(d) Lean-to.

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

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

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

8. Russel asks the old man if it is possible to get ____ back.
(a) Missionaries.
(b) Women.
(c) Songs.
(d) Spirits.

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

10. What tool was used to kill whales?
(a) Knife.
(b) Gun.
(c) Spear.
(d) Harpoon.

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

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

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

14. Russel does not have a good relationship with which of the following?
(a) Jesus.
(b) The tribe leader.
(c) His father.
(d) His mother.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What are mukluks?

2. When Russel and Oogruk go hunting, they take ___ harpoons.

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

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

5. How old is Russel?

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