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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What was Russel's father's favorite flower?
(a) Lilacs.
(b) Clematis.
(c) Roses.
(d) Daisies.

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

4. Which adjective best describes the dogs?
(a) Submissive.
(b) Aloof.
(c) Mean.
(d) Feral.

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

6. The elder is what type of person?
(a) Medicine Man.
(b) Witch doctor.
(c) Shaman.
(d) Sherpa.

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

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

9. What are mukluks?
(a) Dogs.
(b) Small birds.
(c) Children.
(d) Boots.

10. According to the old man, what should one do after killing an animal?
(a) Thank it.
(b) Pray.
(c) Hide it.
(d) Atone.

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

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

13. For Russel, _____ and the dream time come together.
(a) Fantasy.
(b) Intuition.
(c) Real time.
(d) Waking life.

14. What does the elder warm in the pan?
(a) Eyes.
(b) Marrow.
(c) Water.
(d) Milk.

15. What is a hummock?
(a) Parka.
(b) Sled.
(c) Rope bed.
(d) Hill.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is an ulu?

2. Unlike other people in the village, Russel did not do which of the following?

3. What is supposedly contained in raw seal meat?

4. How many of the shaman's wives died?

5. What is Russel's ethnicity?

(see the answer keys)

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