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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of strange prehistoric creature is encountered in the night?
(a) Saber-toothed tiger.
(b) Woolly mammoth.
(c) Pterodactyl.
(d) Stegosaurus.

2. Russel begins to have regrets about ______.
(a) Taking care of the woman.
(b) Oogruk's death.
(c) Leaving home.
(d) Not being better prepared.

3. How far is Russel from home?
(a) 75 miles.
(b) 150 miles.
(c) 125 miles.
(d) 100 miles.

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

5. Russel was also aware of the father of _____.
(a) Futility.
(b) Snow.
(c) Ice.
(d) Fear.

6. Russel notices that the dogs are large. They come up to a man's ____.
(a) Chest.
(b) Shoulder.
(c) Waist.
(d) Hip.

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

8. Russel begins to imagine that he sees ___ on the dogs' feet.
(a) Light.
(b) Shadows.
(c) Fire.
(d) Claws.

9. The mother has been known to send down the ____ death.
(a) White.
(b) Black.
(c) Welcome.
(d) Impending.

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

11. What is it really?
(a) Bone.
(b) Plate.
(c) Compass.
(d) Lamp.

12. The baby is born ____.
(a) Jaundiced.
(b) Late.
(c) Dead.
(d) Weak.

13. What emotion does Russel sense from the people in the shelter?
(a) Fear.
(b) Relief.
(c) Pain.
(d) Joy.

14. Russel allowed the dogs to run north toward the mother of _____.
(a) Hope.
(b) Water.
(c) Ice.
(d) Wind.

15. Russel imagines that the opening on his hood is actually ____.
(a) Closing in.
(b) A mirror.
(c) A cave.
(d) A crystal ball.

Short Answer Questions

1. What color are the dogs' eyes?

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

3. What did the woman sleep on while in the shelter?

4. Russel begins to suffer from which problem?

5. Russel gets the sense that this new village is _____.

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