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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many of the dogs die in the night?

2. How far is Russel from home?

3. The next morning when Russel awakens, he notices that something is different about the _______.

4. What item does Russel find abandoned?

5. What color are the dogs' eyes?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Russel notice about the man's dogs and sled?

3. Who is the pregnant woman? What is her story? What happens with the baby?

4. What is Russel's solution to the problem with the dogs? What actions does Russel take?

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

6. What does Russel find in the shelter?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What lessons will Russel be able to teach to the younger people in the new village? Can Russel's lessons be taught or must they be learned individually? Does each lesson have to be learned through experience? What lesson do you think would be most valuable? What lessons have you learned from the story?

Essay Topic 2

Russel sees himself as an older man in a strange situation. Explain the situation. How does each version of Russel deal with the situation? How does the young Russel react to the older Russel's decisions and actions? How is the young Russel affected by the wife and children?

Essay Topic 3

Russel's determination helped him gain the strength to build the shelter. How did Russel know how to build a lean-to? Do you think his knowledge was gained from television, real life experience, or instruction? Explain.

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