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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Daagoo's response to the old women's first question?
(a) The chief has regretted his earlier decisions.
(b) The People have not found enough food.
(c) He does not know.
(d) The families have survived.

2. What emotions had the betrayal originally created in the two old women?
(a) Forgiveness and tolerance.
(b) Hate and fear.
(c) Love and loneliness.
(d) Courage and patience.

3. What question does Daagoo ask that the other hunters cannot answer?
(a) Why would anyone try to hide the stripped spots on the trees?
(b) Where have the old women gone?
(c) Why would the campfire still be warm?
(d) Has another band gone through here?

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

5. What bloodthirsty animal is waiting for the women in the new campsite they select?
(a) Vampire bats.
(b) Mosquitoes.
(c) Bears.
(d) Wolves.

6. How many men does the chief send to look for the women?
(a) Two.
(b) Seven.
(c) Three.
(d) Four.

7. What does one of the hunters ask Daagoo?
(a) What he smells.
(b) What he wants them to do.
(c) How much longer they will search.
(d) What he expects to find.

8. What do the women apply to their skin?
(a) Bacon grease.
(b) Muskrat grease.
(c) Moose grease.
(d) Bear grease.

9. What collection do the women share with The People when they learn of the sorry condition of the band?
(a) Rabbit fur garments.
(b) Moose hide sleds.
(c) Beaver fur garments.
(d) Caribou hide rope.

10. Why does Chi'idzigyaak refuse most visitors?
(a) Disinterest.
(b) Fear.
(c) Embarrassment.
(d) Pride.

11. How many animals do the women kill on the first day they set their tunnel traps?
(a) Two.
(b) One.
(c) Ten.
(d) None.

12. What do the women possess because of their long survival?
(a) Health.
(b) Strength.
(c) Endurance.
(d) Knowledge.

13. What do the two old women want Daagoo to tell them immediately?
(a) Whether their families have survived.
(b) Whether the chief had changed his mind.
(c) Whether The People found food.
(d) Why The People are searching for them.

14. After they have cached enough food, what are the women still afraid of?
(a) Physical weakness.
(b) Predatory animals.
(c) Other people.
(d) The return of the cold.

15. What does Chi'idzigyaak say when she hears Daagoo's voice?
(a) "They will find us."
(b) "They can't find us."
(c) "We must move and keep hiding."
(d) "We should go back to The People."

Short Answer Questions

1. What do The People want from the two old women?

2. What does Chi'idzigyaak believe about the hunters?

3. What larger animal do the women remember how to trap?

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

5. What do the hunters smell when Daagoo first asks them to sniff the air?

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