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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Droog allow Ayla to watch him make the tools for the mammoth hunt?
(a) He believes her presence will bring him luck.
(b) Creb suggests to him that she would make Droog a good mate.
(c) He wants to spite Broud, whose comments about old men have made Droog angry.
(d) He wants her to be available to get him water if he needs it.

2. Why does Broud constantly harass Ayla?
(a) He wants to make her pay for threatening his manhood.
(b) He wants to prove to Brun that he will make a good leader.
(c) It is his way of teasing her because he likes her.
(d) He wants to gain respect of his mate, Oga.

3. What does Ayla do that makes Creb bond with her?
(a) She tries to tell him her name.
(b) She touches his scarred face without inhibition.
(c) She tugs his beard.
(d) She gives him flowers.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What painkilling bark does Iza give Ayla for her fever and painful scratches?

2. What does Ayla bring back to the cave?

3. How does Brun feel about Ayla during the winter of Broud's constant abuse of Ayla?

4. What happens while the clan is herding the fish into the net?

5. What had Brun planned to do to with Iza before she rescued Ayla?

Short Essay Questions

1. What besides grief makes Ayla suffer?

2. Why does Broud have Ayla cursed?

3. What does Brun realize when he sees the hyena's wounds?

4. What is the problem with Ayla forcing Brun to accept her child?

5. What makes the girl blindly rush straight toward the herd of wild cows?

6. Why is the clan traveling?

7. Why does Brun refrain from interfering in the battle of wills between Broud and Ayla?

8. What does Broud envision about the combined cave ceremony and his manhood ceremony?

9. Why does Broud cuff Ayla?

10. What does Oda's story make Ayla realize?

(see the answer keys)

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