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This test consists of 5 short answer questions and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Broud do to hurt Ayla?

2. Who convinces Ayla to leave the cave after she is almost not admitted?

3. What does Brun do during the running, spear-throwing contest that helps his status?

4. Who does Broud make his second-in-command?

5. What kind of medicine does Iza suggest to Ayla?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Deformity is a recurrent motif in the novel.

Part 1) Explain the clan's tradition regarding deformity. Does this tradition serve a practical purpose? If so, what it is?

Part 2) What is the difference between the deformity in the stillborn baby Uba delivers and Durc?

Part 3) Is the clan able to distinguish a difference between the two? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

Choose three things that Ayla considers tests from her totem.

Part 1) What are the tests? Describe the things that she thinks of as tests from her totem.

Part 2) In what ways do the tests challenge her?

Part 3) What are the rewards for meeting these challenges?

Essay Topic 3

The clan incorporates a rich religious life in their culture and society.

Part 1) What are some of the elements of the clan's religion?

Part 2) How do these elements of the clan's religion enhance the novel?

Part 3) Compare and contrast Bear Ceremony to something in our culture, either a religious ceremony, or a similar secular event.

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