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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 used as a light source inside the shelter?
(a) Oil lamp.
(b) Campfire.
(c) Candles.
(d) Flashlight.

2. How many bones were left by the animals?
(a) 3.
(b) 2.
(c) 4.
(d) 1.

3. How many days do Russel and the woman travel before they run out of food?
(a) 6.
(b) 8.
(c) 7.
(d) 5.

4. What word is best used to describe the environment?
(a) Challenging.
(b) Encouraging.
(c) Forbidding.
(d) Cumbersome.

5. Russel admires which item belonging to the man?
(a) Parka.
(b) Shoes.
(c) Sled.
(d) Bow.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many days do Russel and the woman stay in the shelter?

2. What emotion does Russel sense from the people in the shelter?

3. After resting at the shelter, Russel runs the dogs for nearly ____ days straight.

4. Russel begins to imagine that he sees ___ on the dogs' feet.

5. The great man in the village hides which emotion?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the purpose of the scene with the woolly mammoth? What does it represent?

2. Russel watches his dream-self leave on a hunt. What does Russel see? What is his reaction?

3. What does Russel discover when he wakes from his first dream? What is his next step?

4. What does Russel find in the shelter?

5. What does Russel notice about the dogs? What does he do?

6. Russel's dream continues. What is the next thing he sees?

7. Explain the man's dance during the celebration in the village.

8. After a night of rest, Russel goes back out into the wilderness. What concerns does Russel have about the dogs?

9. What is the man's state of mind at this point? What does the man do next?

10. Russel finds a person lying in the snow. The person is unconscious. Who is the person and what has happened?

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