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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 21.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Iza give Ayla before the mammoth hunt?
(a) Her own otter-skin medicine bag
(b) An amulet
(c) A new wrap
(d) A special carrying basket

2. What does Ayla decide to do with her sling while on the mammoth hunt trip?
(a) Hide it deep in the folds of her wrap
(b) Wear it as a headband
(c) Leave it at the bottom of her carrying basket
(d) Leave it at her secret cave

3. What is Ayla's punishment for her defiance?
(a) She is never allowed to hunt again.
(b) The woman's curse - isolation to Creb's hearth for one moon
(c) The full death curse for one moon
(d) She is not allowed to go to the Clan Gathering.

4. What does Ayla do when Creb reprimands her that worries him?
(a) She runs away.
(b) She lashes out in anger.
(c) She hugs him.
(d) She cries tears.

5. Why does Brun decide to hunt mammoth, even though it is a risky undertaking?
(a) He wants to stockpile food for the winter following the Clan Gathering.
(b) He wants to present mammoth gifts to the Clan Gathering host.
(c) His hunters spy mammoth traveling farther south than usual.
(d) His lucky clan can afford the luxury of taking some time off to hunt mammoth.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ayla do first when she sees Brun?

2. What does Creb name the baby?

3. Why does Brun hesitate to give Ayla the death curse right away?

4. Why does Iza stop working while the women are winnowing grain?

5. What happens while the women are preparing the mammoth for the journey home?

(see the answer key)

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