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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What emotion did the dogs feel when they first met Russel?
(a) Trepidation.
(b) Excitement.
(c) Fear.
(d) Hatred.

2. Where did the dogs come from?
(a) Mackenzie River.
(b) Northern Territories.
(c) Eastern Delta.
(d) Silver Valley.

3. Where do Russel and his father spend the Summer months?
(a) Oil rigs.
(b) Government house.
(c) Fish camp.
(d) Igloo.

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. Russel is surprised when the old man says he will go with Russel to do what?
(a) Hunt.
(b) Run the dogs.
(c) Swim.
(d) Fish.

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

12. An old woman stated that while shamans were powerful they were not always ____.
(a) Wise.
(b) Prudent.
(c) Smart.
(d) Diligent.

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

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

15. How many dogs were used by Russel on the first outing?
(a) 8.
(b) 5.
(c) 6.
(d) 4.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is a hummock?

2. Russel offers to give his ___ to the old man but Oogruk refuses.

3. It is said that a shaman can make ____ talk.

4. How old is Russel?

5. What is Russel's last name?

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