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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 the name of the fastener used to hold the dogs together?
(a) Lash.
(b) Tether.
(c) Rope.
(d) Gangline.

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

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

4. Russel offers to give his ___ to the old man but Oogruk refuses.
(a) Hat.
(b) Boots.
(c) Parka.
(d) Gun.

5. An old woman stated that while shamans were powerful they were not always ____.
(a) Prudent.
(b) Wise.
(c) Diligent.
(d) Smart.

Short Answer Questions

1. The area in which Russel lived often experienced long ____.

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

3. What is Russel's ethnicity?

4. How many wives has the elder had?

5. What is Russel's last name?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. What is a shaman?

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

10. Where does Russel live and with whom?

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