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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What drives her to leave?
(a) Her wound
(b) Hunger
(c) Her sunburn
(d) Thirst

2. What skill does Ayla have already that helps her learn to track animals?
(a) She is demure and docile towards the men.
(b) She knows how to make tools from flint.
(c) She walks quietly and stealthily to avoid attracting attention.
(d) She observes small details that differentiate plants for medicinal use.

3. How does Iza transport the unconscious girl?
(a) In a leather carrying cloak on her hip
(b) The men carry her
(c) On her back
(d) On a stretcher

4. What does Iza believe about Ayla's future?
(a) She believes that Ayla will be one of the best medicine women because she has a gift.
(b) She believes that Ayla will have no status because she is ugly and will not have a mate.
(c) She believes that Ayla will be mated to a clan leader.
(d) She believes that Ayla will leave the clan when Broud becomes leader.

5. Why does Creb reprimand Ayla?
(a) Ayla is pestering Iza too much.
(b) Ayla is being discourteous by looking at other people's conversations.
(c) Ayla is being lazy.
(d) Ayla is drawing counting marks in the sand.

6. How does Ayla survive the attack after the sling misses it's mark?
(a) She flings a second stone with the sling.
(b) She stabs the animal with a spear.
(c) She beats the animal with a stout deadwood branch.
(d) She runs away and climbs a tree.

7. Why does Ayla start paying attention to Zoug?
(a) She wants to please Creb, who suggests Zoug might be a good mate for her.
(b) She feels bad for him because his mate died.
(c) She wants to watch him make slings.
(d) Brun tells Ayla to pay attention to Zoug.

8. How many members does the clan have after losing some in the earthquake?
(a) Twenty
(b) Six
(c) Fifty
(d) Twelve

9. Who sends Ayla to get wood with the other children?
(a) Aga
(b) Ebra
(c) Ona
(d) Iza

10. How does Ayla look at Creb?
(a) With indifference
(b) With curiosity about his disfigurement
(c) With tearful memories of her father
(d) With fear that he is the spiritual leader

11. Where does Ayla begin hiding her sling as she learns to hunt?
(a) In her collecting basket
(b) In the hazelnut bushes in front of her cave
(c) In the folds of her wrap
(d) In her shoes

12. Who is the leader of the Clan?
(a) Creb
(b) The Mog-ur
(c) Broud
(d) Brun

13. Who is Brun's mate?
(a) Aga
(b) Oga
(c) Ona
(d) Ebra

14. How does Ayla act towards Broud after the beating?
(a) She treats him with earned respect.
(b) She laughs at him.
(c) She begins a campaign of petty insolence.
(d) She scurries in fear to meet his every need.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Iza believe her healing magic will work on the child of the Others?

2. Why does Brun reprimand Broud?

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

4. How do the clan members feel about Broud's abuse toward Ayla?

5. Why does Ayla take Uba to Oga for nursing?

(see the answer keys)

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