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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 24.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What ceremony does Brun hope to include in the cave ceremony celebration?
(a) The ceremony to make Grod new Mog-ur
(b) Broud's manhood ceremony
(c) The ceremony to make Ayla one of the clan
(d) The ceremony to mate Iza and Creb

3. Who convinces Ayla to leave the cave after she is almost not admitted?
(a) Uba
(b) Oda
(c) Creb
(d) Norg

4. What does everyone in the clan watch Ayla do that winter?
(a) They watch across the hearth boundaries as Ayla goes to bed for the rest of her pregnancy.
(b) They watch as Ayla struggles to decide on a mate.
(c) They watch as Ayla forgets her difficult pregnancy to nurse Iza back to health.
(d) They watch as Ayla makes special clothes for her expected baby.

5. How does Ayla believe she has made the right decision about learning to hunt?
(a) She tells Creb, and he agrees with her rationalization.
(b) She has a vision from Ursus.
(c) She finds a strange fossil, which she believes is a sign from her totem.
(d) She finds an abandoned wolf pup, which reminds her of the delicate balance of life.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Broud constantly harass Ayla?

2. What feature of Creb's hearth makes it especially ideal for him?

3. Where does Ayla go when she realizes that no one will interact with her, once cursed?

4. What does Ayla decide to do with her sling while on the mammoth hunt trip?

5. How do the clan members differ from the girl?

(see the answer key)

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