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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Majapa show to Ishi after breakfast?
(a) The Outer Ocean.
(b) A collection of books on ancient cultures.
(c) The different rooms in the museum and their uses.
(d) The museum's collection of bows and arrows.

2. What does Ishi search for in the river?
(a) Tushi's necklace.
(b) Elder Uncle's walking sticks.
(c) The items that were stolen from the cave.
(d) The bodies of Tushi and Elder Uncle.

3. Why does Mother pour the water out of the baskets every evening?
(a) Water left overnight will be harmful to the body.
(b) Wild animals will be drawn to the water if it is left in the basket.
(c) A basket of water will tempt a spirit to stay close by.
(d) Pouring the water out will prevent bugs from gathering near the shelter.

4. What does Ishi make in the museum and give to Majapa?
(a) A Yahi basket.
(b) A Yahi flute.
(c) A Yahi harpoon.
(d) A Yahi arrowhead.

5. Where does Ishi go when needs to get away from the museum after his discussion with Majapa about the war?
(a) To his room.
(b) To Outer Ocean.
(c) To Golden Gate.
(d) To the park.

6. What event of concern to Majapa may take him away from the museum?
(a) World War I.
(b) The Vietnam War.
(c) The Cold War.
(d) The Civil War.

7. What is inside the package that the expressman delivers?
(a) Ishi's old juniper bow and arrows.
(b) Ishi's fishing nets and harpoon.
(c) Ishi's old otterskin quiver and his rock-glass knife and case.
(d) Tushi's treasure bundle.

8. Why does Ishi burn off his hair?
(a) He believes that it will keep the saldu away.
(b) It is a sign of mourning for the family members that have died.
(c) He falls asleep too close to the fire.
(d) As a man, he must keep his hair short.

9. What does Ishi believe is responsible for holding him to life?
(a) The voices of the Lost Ones.
(b) His own strong will to live.
(c) Kaltsuna and Jupka.
(d) The Spirit of Waganupa.

10. What does the doctor's son tell Ishi he would like to be when he grows up?
(a) An archaeologist.
(b) A hunter.
(c) A museum curator.
(d) A doctor.

11. What is Ishi's visitor talking about when they are having tea?
(a) He is describing an archaeoligical discovery.
(b) He is telling him about the city.
(c) He is talking about fishing in the Outer Ocean.
(d) He is talking about the war across the ocean.

12. What methods does Ishi use to catch fish?
(a) In a net, with a hook and line, or with his hands.
(b) In a fish trap or with his hands.
(c) He only uses a net.
(d) He does not catch fish any more.

13. What kinds of trees grow in the forest behind the museum?
(a) Aspen.
(b) Redwood.
(c) Eucalyptus.
(d) Hawthorne.

14. How does Ishi die?
(a) Among his friends at the museum.
(b) In a hospital room surrounded by his friends.
(c) Back at Tuliyani with Majapa and Maliwal.
(d) On the shores of Outer Ocean.

15. What does Ishi share with Majapa as they sit on the bank of Banya Creek?
(a) His deerskin blanket.
(b) His story about his Dream.
(c) His acorn mush.
(d) His pipe and tobacco.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ishi hear when he is swimming in Banya Creek?

2. How much time has passed since Ishi's arrival in the City by "To the Edge of the World, Section 5?"

3. According to Majapa, what makes the Greek world similar to the Yahi world?

4. Once Ishi realizes that his loved ones are no longer wandering, where does he decide to go?

5. How does Ishi get rid of the brown bear that wants his cave?

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