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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. What does Ishi decide to do with the hide of the deer that he kills?
(a) To give it to Tushi so that she can make a warm blanket.
(b) To present it to Grandfather as a gift.
(c) To give it to Mother so that she can make a new warm skirt for winter.
(d) To make a new quiver for his arrows.

2. From what kind of tree does Ishi cut the branch for his bow?
(a) A hawthorn tree.
(b) A juniper tree.
(c) A pine tree.
(d) An aspen tree.

3. What do Elder Uncle, Timawi, and Ishi find when they return to the beaver dam?
(a) Empty boxes and equipment, but no horse or rider.
(b) The dead horse, but no rider.
(c) The dead horse and rider.
(d) The injured horse and a dead rider.

4. According to the Yahi creation story, from what were the first humans created?
(a) From the clay of the earth.
(b) From buckeye sticks and smoke blown from a stone pipe.
(c) From stones tossed over the shoulder of a god.
(d) From the parts of an egg.

5. Ishi learns to stay awake for how many nights?
(a) Six nights.
(b) Five nights.
(c) Three nights.
(d) Seven nights.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Ishi alarmed by the ditch that the saldu are digging?

2. Why do Ishi and Timawi have little fear of the saldu during the cold winter?

3. Why does Tushi spread black raspberries and manzanita berries onto mats?

4. Why does Mother allow Tushi to go with Ishi to the beaver den?

5. Why do the Yahi no longer spend the summer on the mountain?

Short Essay Questions

1. What assurance does Ishi give to Timawi when Timawi observes that Tushi prefers Ishi's company?

2. What does Grandfather say to Elder Uncle in order to reassure him after Timawi and Ishi leave?

3. How do the stories that the Yahi tell about Timawi evolve following his death?

4. What reservations does Grandfather have about moving the tribe to the mountain?

5. Why does Ishi choose not to kill the snow rabbit?

6. How does Tushi's contribution to the move conflict with the traditional expectations that the Yahi have for women?

7. Why does Elder Uncle say that they should no longer hunt on the mountain next to the village?

8. How is the Yahi creation story similar to the Judeo-Christian creation story (the creation story of the white man)?

9. What makes Ishi's hunting trip with Elder Uncle so memorable?

10. Why does Elder Uncle agree to move into the abandoned bear den in spite of his reservations?

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