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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. How much time has passed since Ishi's arrival in the City by "To the Edge of the World, Section 5?"
(a) About six months.
(b) Almost two months.
(c) Almost two weeks.
(d) Just over a year.

2. Why does Majapa agree to start their journey in Gahma?
(a) That is where Ishi was born, where his journey began.
(b) He is happy to go anywhere that Ishi wants to go.
(c) It is the closest village along their journey.
(d) He has heard that it is a beautiful place.

3. What does Ishi make out of eucalyptus seedpods for the girl in the arroyo?
(a) A bracelet.
(b) A basket.
(c) A necklace.
(d) A musical shaker.

4. When is a Yahi allowed to kill and eat Porcupine?
(a) Only when the Yahi is in mourning.
(b) Only if a Yahi is starving and has lost his bow and arrows and harpoon.
(c) Only if the Porcupine is threatening a Yahi.
(d) Only when Porcupine is in the Yahi village.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What observation does Ishi make about saldu greetings?

2. Where does Majapa want Ishi to take him?

3. What does the doctor's son tell Ishi he would like to be when he grows up?

4. in "To the Edge of the World, Section 6," how much time has passed since Ishi's arrival at the museum?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does the return of his quiver and knife lead Ishi to suggest the trip to the Yahi world?

2. How is Ishi affected by seeing the baskets that Tushi had made?

3. Why does Ishi choose to return to the museum rather than stay in the Yahi world?

4. Which of Ishi's City experiences connect him with Tushi?

5. What is Ishi searching for when he travels throughout the Yahi world?

6. How might Ishi's actions following Mother's death be described as a type of symbolic death?

7. What evidence in Section 4 of "The Ending People" reveals Mother's emotional strength?

8. Why is Ishi hesitant about bringing Majapa and Maliwal into the Yahi world?

9. How do Ishi's friends show respect for him after his death?

10. What does Ishi value about his relationship with the girl that he meets in the arroyo?

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