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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through To the Edge of the World Section 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What purpose is served by the pinecones that come from the gray pine?
(a) The pinecones serve no practical purpose.
(b) They use them to trap squirrels.
(c) They use the pine resin to repair the roof of the shelter.
(d) They eat the pine nuts and use the cones as fuel for the fire.

2. What does Ishi ask to do before he puts on the saldu clothing?
(a) He wants to eat.
(b) He wants to use the bathroom.
(c) He wants to make an offering to the Spirits.
(d) He wants to wash.

3. How long is Ishi away looking for a new location for the village?
(a) Five days and five nights.
(b) Three days and three nights.
(c) Four days and four nights.
(d) A full week.

4. What is Tushi collecting while Ishi counts Beaver?
(a) Ferns.
(b) Wild berries.
(c) Acorns.
(d) Boadicea bulbs.

5. What does Ishi decide to seek when he leaves Tuliyani?
(a) The old villages and caves from Grandfather's stories.
(b) Revenge for the death of his father.
(c) A prayer-place so that he might dream a Power Dream.
(d) Guidance from the gods to help him find a wife.

Short Answer Questions

1. What advice does Elder Uncle give to the tribe after Timawi expresses his anger with Ishi for letting the saldu escape?

2. What does Ishi find in the mud along the banks of the river?

3. What does Mother think the kind saldu wanted to do?

4. How does Ishi know that the saldu have made it to the ledge of their village?

5. According to the story that Grandfather tells, where did the old woman hide the fire that she had stolen from the Fire People?

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