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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8, A New Beginning.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the women eat as winter ends?
(a) Grouse and rabbits.
(b) Squirrels and grouse.
(c) Rabbits and rats.
(d) Rabbits.

2. How do the four men feel about looking for the old women after the second day of searching?
(a) Their energy was getting low.
(b) The time would be better spent sleeping.
(c) They began to feel hopeful.
(d) The time would be better spent hunting moose.

3. What unusual character flaw do the two old women possess?
(a) They criticize the labor of others.
(b) They complain of aches and pains.
(c) They tell lies.
(d) They refuse to help the children.

4. Why do the women feel almost superstitious about their good luck?
(a) They were still alive.
(b) They caught another rabbit.
(c) They killed a squirrel.
(d) They built snowshoes easily.

5. What problem do the women encounter with their huge supply of food?
(a) Storage.
(b) Boredom.
(c) Preservation.
(d) Spoiling.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why can't the women move when they wake up on the second morning of their travels?

2. What are the women anxious to leave behind?

3. What does Chi'idzigyaak say when she hears Daagoo's voice?

4. What does Chi'idzigyaak think of the long sleep of death?

5. How do the women keep the bear from their fish?

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