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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. Which is not one of the words used to describe the mother?
(a) Shiny.
(b) Dirty.
(c) Fat.
(d) Beautiful.

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

3. The next morning when Russel awakens, he notices that something is different about the _______.
(a) Wind.
(b) Sled.
(c) Dogs.
(d) Weather.

4. Russel runs the dogs for ___ hours before stopping to rest.
(a) 5.
(b) 6.
(c) 7.
(d) 8.

5. Russel finds a woman on the ground. Russel is concerned because the woman is ______.
(a) Hyperventilating.
(b) Injured.
(c) Pregnant.
(d) Bleeding.

Short Answer Questions

1. Russel admires which item belonging to the man?

2. What kind of strange prehistoric creature is encountered in the night?

3. Russel begins to suffer from which problem?

4. What item does Russel find abandoned?

5. What does the older man do after the animal is killed?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What is the animal encountered by Russel's dream-self? What happens when the man attacks the mammoth?

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

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

6. What does Russel do when a violent storm sets in?

7. What does Russel find in the shelter?

8. What does the man do after killing the mammoth? What is Russel's reaction?

9. What are Russel's first impressions when he leaves Oogruk's house?

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

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