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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 does Mother take from her treasure bundle and wear on the night that she dies?
(a) Her shell necklace.
(b) Her feather cape.
(c) Her sweetgrass bracelet.
(d) Ishi's bone earrings.

2. How does Elder Uncle purify Ishi of any danger that might have followed him from the spirit world?
(a) He burns sage and prays over him.
(b) He blows sacred tobacco over him and says prayers.
(c) He tells him to go to Black Rock and talk to Timawi's spirit.
(d) He orders him to take a sweat bath.

3. How much time has passed since the Yahi have moved to Wowunupo?
(a) Over twelve years.
(b) Twenty-five years.
(c) Almost five years.
(d) Over twenty years.

4. Why does Timawi insist that Tushi must go with him to his village?
(a) Among his people, it is tradition for the woman to move to the man's village.
(b) Timawi does not believe that Tushi will truly be a wife unless she leaves her family.
(c) Timawi is jealous of Ishi and wants Tushi to get away from him.
(d) Timawi does not feel welcome in Tuliyani and wants to return home.

5. What is the "tube-stick" that Tushi and Ishi see the saldu using?
(a) A rifle.
(b) A cannon.
(c) A surveyor's tool.
(d) A megaphone.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ishi search for in the river?

2. Why do Ishi and Timawi choose not to chop the branch off the tree?

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

4. What is Ishi's reward for constructing a superb bow?

5. What prediction does Mother make about the New Year?

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