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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What must a boy care for even above his loved ones in the group?
(a) His weapon.
(b) His skill.
(c) His authority.
(d) His friends.

2. What negative factor does Sa' mention when they realize they have found the stream they were looking for?
(a) They are too tired to make camp.
(b) The river is too wide to cross.
(c) It is still many miles away.
(d) They're on the wrong side of the stream.

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

4. What occasionally causes the women to go off course?
(a) Confusion.
(b) Memory loss.
(c) Fatigue.
(d) Darkness.

5. What is the first thing the old women do to save themselves?
(a) Melt snow to make drinking water.
(b) Set traps to catch rabbits.
(c) Save the embers from the fire.
(d) Gather sticks to build the fire.

6. What came back to the women as they look at the campsite where they had camped many years before?
(a) Feelings of mistrust and betrayal.
(b) Good memories.
(c) Bitter memories.
(d) Sad memories.

7. What are their ropes made of?
(a) Sealskin.
(b) Mooseskin.
(c) Caribou hides.
(d) Ox hides.

8. What is the result of returning circulation to Sa's legs?
(a) More pain.
(b) Less pain.
(c) Continued pain.
(d) Relief from pain.

9. What do the two women use for shelter the first night in at the old campsite?
(a) A snow pit.
(b) A hanging boulder near the creek.
(c) An old tent frame they found.
(d) A sheltering tree.

10. What forces Chi'idzigyaak to get up in the morning when she wants to stay asleep?
(a) Hunger.
(b) A full bladder.
(c) A leg cramp.
(d) Sa's insistence.

11. What is the first skill the old women recall?
(a) Tanning hides.
(b) Building fires.
(c) Making snowshoes.
(d) Setting traps.

12. What relatives does Chi'idzigyaak have in the group?
(a) A daughter and a grandson.
(b) A son and a granddaughter.
(c) A brother and a cousin.
(d) A grandson and a granddaughter.

13. What do the women make to guide the rabbits to the snare?
(a) Fences.
(b) Bait.
(c) Hollows.
(d) Signposts.

14. Why can't Sa' get up in the morning after the fourth night?
(a) Her legs have lost their feeling.
(b) Chi'idzigyaak is holding her down.
(c) She didn't sleep.
(d) She hasn't eaten.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What sound do the women hear in the dead of their first night that wakes them from their sleep?

2. What do The People wear to keep warm?

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

4. What is the irritating side effect for the women of covering their faces?

5. How do the women insulate their shelter?

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