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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many of the shaman's wives died?
(a) 0.
(b) 1.
(c) 2.
(d) 3.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

15. What does Russel take to the elder?
(a) Furs.
(b) Caribou heads.
(c) Goat's milk.
(d) Beads.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the man who could sing to the birds?

2. Where do Russel and his father spend the Summer months?

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

4. The elder's ____ are revered by his people.

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

(see the answer keys)

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