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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the only thing Ayla lacked in the valley?

2. What thickens the stew that Tholie brought with her?

3. What girl was interested in Jondalar?

4. What did Jondalar fear while traveling by boat?

5. What did Ayla like to wear for comfort?

Short Essay Questions

1. What events led to Ayla making fire with flint and iron pyrite?

2. In what ways did Whinney help Ayla accomplish the reindeer hunt?

3. Why didn't Ayla get mad when Whinney ran and dumped all her things?

4. What was Jondalar so worried about regarding Thonolan's approach of the rhino?

5. Why did Thonolan want to give up?

6. Why were the gifts from others not really anonymous?

7. What was the difference in the Shamudoi and the Ramudoi specialties when it came to hunting?

8. Why was there always someone present when a young woman lost her virginity, or rather, had her First Rites?

9. What things led Jondalar to believe the flatheads were closer to human than it had been rumored?

10. What is the Malaise?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the similarities in the relationships of Jondalar and Thonolan. In what ways were the relationships different? What does the reader believe will unfold for Jondalar and Ayla in the future? Do you think their relationship will continue to parallel Thonolan's? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss Ayla's relationship with Baby. How does it differ from her relationship to the horse? What was important about this relationship, and how did it serve Ayla later? What role does Baby play in the plot development?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss why Jean M. Auel may have decided to kill Thonolan off. What purpose did this destruction of a character play upon the developing plot of the book? Was this death necessary for plot development? Why or why not?

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