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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7, The Stillness is Broken.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Chi'idzigyaak pretend to be asleep on the fifth morning?
(a) She doesn't want to shame her friend.
(b) She doesn't want to face the day.
(c) She doesn't want to move.
(d) She doesn't want to give up her dream.

2. What does Daagoo finally tell the other hunters at the end of Chapter 6, " Sadness Among The People"?
(a) "The two old women do not wish to be found."
(b) "The two old women have forgotten The People."
(c) "The two old women are dead."
(d) "The two old women are near."

3. What do the women use as pulling sleds?
(a) Caribou skins.
(b) Woven willow branches.
(c) Moose hides.
(d) Woven babiche.

4. What hope does Daagoo offer the people as they find no sign of the two women?
(a) Maybe the women moved on.
(b) Maybe the women died peacefully.
(c) Maybe this year will be better.
(d) Maybe they will find food.

5. In what do the women sleep on the first night of their travels?
(a) Under an overhanging boulder.
(b) A cave.
(c) A tree.
(d) A snow pit.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Sa' tell Chi'idzigyaak they have to do when they hear Daagoo's voice?

2. What animals leave older and weaker members behind?

3. Why are The People surprised when they reach the place where they left the old women?

4. How many men does the chief send to look for the women?

5. Why do the old women fear their own people?

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