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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What animal was used to make Russel's underparka?
(a) Squirrel.
(b) Snake.
(c) Rabbit.
(d) Seal.

4. Unlike other people in the village, Russel did not do which of the following?
(a) Hunt.
(b) Go to school.
(c) Teach Sunday school.
(d) Swim.

5. Russel does not have a good relationship with which of the following?
(a) The tribe leader.
(b) His father.
(c) His mother.
(d) Jesus.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How old is Russel?

3. What emotion did the dogs feel when they first met Russel?

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

5. Things began to change when the ____ arrived.

Short Essay Questions

1. Russel's father recommends taking a gift to Oogruk. What is the gift? What is Russel's opinion of the gift?

2. Discuss Russel's trance. What does he see?

3. Where does Russel live and with whom?

4. What does Russel's father try to explain to the 14-year-old boy?

5. Who is Ulgavik? What was special about the man?

6. Why does Russel go to Oogruk?

7. Who are the Outsiders? Why are they different from the Eskimos?

8. What is a shaman?

9. Russel begins to learn about songs. How does Oogruk explain finding one's own song?

10. What is Russel's impression of Oogruk's house?

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