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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 type of large land creature is often part of the family meal?
(a) Moose.
(b) Caribou.
(c) Deer.
(d) Polar Bear.

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

3. How many dogs were used by Russel on the first outing?
(a) 6.
(b) 4.
(c) 8.
(d) 5.

4. What are mukluks?
(a) Small birds.
(b) Boots.
(c) Children.
(d) Dogs.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. An old woman stated that while shamans were powerful they were not always ____.

2. What does the elder warm in the pan?

3. Things began to change when the ____ arrived.

4. What does Russel take to the elder?

5. What other weapon is taken on the hunting trip?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What happens when Russel wakes up from his nap? What does he do next?

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

5. What problem does Russel experience?

6. Why does Russel go to Oogruk?

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

8. What is a shaman?

9. Who is Oogruk? What is unusual about the man?

10. What does Russel admire about Oogruk?

(see the answer keys)

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