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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. 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.

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

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

7. Russel wore pants made from the skin of which animal?
(a) Walrus.
(b) Seal.
(c) Caribou.
(d) Bear.

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

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

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

11. Oogruk says that _____ will help his memory.
(a) Stories.
(b) Warm meat.
(c) Stars.
(d) Whiskey.

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

13. When Russel and Oogruk go hunting, they take ___ harpoons.
(a) 3.
(b) 5.
(c) 2.
(d) 4.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Russel's slippers were made from which material?

2. What type of animal skins line the elder's floor?

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

4. The area in which Russel lived often experienced long ____.

5. For Russel, _____ and the dream time come together.

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