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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Russel had never eaten which part of the Caribou?
(a) Legs.
(b) Eyes.
(c) Flank.
(d) Tenderloin.

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

4. What is the name of the elder consulted by Russel?
(a) Antonuck.
(b) Grennick.
(c) Bibick.
(d) Oogruk.

5. Russel's slippers were made from which material?
(a) Rubber.
(b) Wool.
(c) Felt.
(d) Plastic.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

14. What type of large land creature is often part of the family meal?
(a) Polar Bear.
(b) Moose.
(c) Caribou.
(d) Deer.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What tool was used to kill whales?

2. Russel asks the old man if it is possible to get ____ back.

3. What is Russel's ethnicity?

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

5. Oogruk says that before there was/were ______, animals "felt different about dying."

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