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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 part of the village was of great interest to the villagers?
(a) Game room.
(b) Town hall.
(c) Church.
(d) Cafeteria.

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

3. For Russel, _____ and the dream time come together.
(a) Intuition.
(b) Real time.
(c) Waking life.
(d) Fantasy.

4. What material was used to make the hinges?
(a) Plastic.
(b) Metal.
(c) Leather.
(d) Plant fiber.

5. What is supposedly contained in raw seal meat?
(a) Larvae.
(b) Parasites.
(c) Worms.
(d) Eggs.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of oil does the elder use in his lamp?

2. How old is Russel?

3. What animal was used to make Russel's outerparka?

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

5. What is Russel's ethnicity?

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. Why does Russel go to Oogruk?

3. What is the warning Russel receives from his father about cooking meat?

4. What advice does Russel's father give about Oogruk?

5. What is the basis of the story?

6. What does Russel admire about Oogruk?

7. What offer does Oogruk make to Russel? How does Russel's life change?

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

9. What problem does Russel experience?

10. Oogruk tells Russel about the founding of the village. Who founded the village? How did things change when the people arrived?

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