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

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

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

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

5. What color is animal fat?
(a) Brown.
(b) Yellow.
(c) Clear.
(d) White.

Short Answer Questions

1. Unlike other people in the village, Russel did not do which of the following?

2. When Russel and Oogruk go hunting, they take ___ harpoons.

3. Oogruk says that the new village had good things. Which was not one of the good things mentioned?

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

5. Russel wore pants made from the skin of which animal?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Oogruk tells Russel about missing his wife, who ran off. What does Oogruk say? What is Russel's reaction?

6. Why does Russel go to Oogruk?

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

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

9. What is the basis of the story?

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

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