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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. For how long does Ishi sleep after he buries Mother?
(a) He sleeps for the rest of the winter, until the New Year.
(b) He sleeps for a full week.
(c) He sleeps until the Harvest.
(d) He sleeps for six months.

2. How does Ishi decide he will preserve the Yahi Way?
(a) He will marry and raise a child who will carry on the Yahi tradition.
(b) He will return to the Yahi world and live as he used to.
(c) He will teach children who visit the museum about the Yahi Way.
(d) He will tell stories and describe the Way so that Majapa can write it down.

3. When the Sheriff asks Ishi whether he would like to return to the Yahi world, why does Ishi decline?
(a) Ishi does not want the saldu to know where the Yahi lands are.
(b) Ishi does not trust the Sheriff to return him safely.
(c) Ishi is excited about the opportunity to explore.
(d) Ishi says the Yahi world no longer exists.

4. What object, delivered to the museum by the express wagon, intrigues Ishi?
(a) Handmade bows from throughout the world.
(b) Ancient Greek pottery.
(c) An assortment of woven baskets.
(d) A collection of books.

5. Why does Ishi carefully untie the string rather than cut them?
(a) It is good string and could be used again.
(b) Ishi believes cutting string is bad luck.
(c) Ishi has nothing with which to cut the string.
(d) Majapa has warned him never to cut string.

Short Answer Questions

1. Of whom does the little girl in the arroyo remind Ishi?

2. Where do Ishi and Mother move after Tushi and Elder Uncle disappear?

3. Who is the first saldu to speak to Ishi?

4. For what is Ishi looking when he goes to the mountain?

5. What suggests to Ishi that the mother bear he sees is the same one that fought him for the cave?

Short Essay Questions

1. How have Ishi and Mother's lives changed since the disappearance of Elder Uncle and Tushi?

2. How does Ishi's understanding of the war affect him?

3. How does Ishi discover a way of preserving the Yahi world?

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

5. According to Majapa, How was the Greek world similar to the Yahi world?

6. How does Majapa's Dream compare to Ishi's Dream?

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

8. How does Mother's death affect Ishi?

9. What details lead Ishi to believe that Elder Uncle and Tushi have not survived the escape?

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

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