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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. Where did Jondalar put one of the tunics?

2. Who was the woman that Jondalar was seeing?

3. What kind of berries did Ayla come across?

4. What did Jondalar fear while traveling by boat?

5. What does Jondalar wish the healer would let him do?

Short Essay Questions

1. What stroke of innovation allowed Ayla to bring down a horse on her own?

2. Why did Thonolan want to give up?

3. What animal had used the cave before Ayla, and how did she know? How did she react to this knowledge?

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

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

6. Why did Jondalar take special attention in making sure young women were Pleasured in their First Rites?

7. What idea struck Ayla?

8. What is the Malaise?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss Jondalar's gradual change in perception regarding the flatheads. What likely finished the transitional process between animals to humans in Jondalar's mind, and what outside source responsible for this shift? What does this change in perception foreshadow what will occur later on?

Essay Topic 2

Ayla struggles to find her place in life, plagued by multiple insecurities and misconceptions. How is this struggle similar to that of women everywhere? What kinds of things can women learn from Ayla?

Essay Topic 3

What was Ayla's motivation for keeping order in her cave? How might Ayla have fared if she didn't keep such order? How might Jondalar have fared? Who did she learn organization from, and why was it necessary?

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