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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the first reason why the women determine to leave the fall camp?
(a) There is not enough water.
(b) The People might return.
(c) There would be other hunters coming through.
(d) There are not enough animals to kill.

2. What is the irritating side effect for the women of covering their faces?
(a) Poor visibility.
(b) Itching.
(c) Frost buildup under the cover.
(d) Muffled hearing.

3. Why don't the women camp in the more protected area of the forest?
(a) They can't walk any farther.
(b) They want to stay by the river.
(c) They want to stay by the lake.
(d) They are afraid of forest wolves.

4. What does Chi'idzigyaak's daughter give her as she leaves?
(a) Babiche.
(b) A hatchet.
(c) A moose hide.
(d) Dried fish.

5. What animals leave older and weaker members behind?
(a) Seals.
(b) Wolves.
(c) Caribou.
(d) Moose.

Short Answer Questions

1. What had The People done with the women's personal possessions?

2. When do the women agree that they will talk about their feelings?

3. What is the first thing the old women do to save themselves?

4. What are their ropes made of?

5. What do the two women use for shelter the first night in at the old campsite?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Sa' disappointed with Chi'idzigyaak when she agrees with her that they must move on?

2. How does Chi'idzigyaak make a rabbit snare?

3. How does Sa' kill a squirrel?

4. Why do the two old women take care not to work too hard in the cold?

5. What gets the two old women up in the middle of the night on the first night after their abandonment?

6. What slows the two old women's progress when they wake up on the second day of travel?

7. Why does Sa' say that the two women are like babies?

8. How do the two old women react to the chief's announcement that they will be left behind?

9. How is Shruh Zhuu's behavior unusual among The People?

10. What do the younger men do for the two old women each time they move to a new campsite?

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