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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 are not enough animals to kill.
(b) The People might return.
(c) There is not enough water.
(d) There would be other hunters coming through.

2. What clears Sa's head when she wakes up each morning?
(a) Sleep and squirrel broth.
(b) Cold air and sleep.
(c) Squirrel broth and bright light.
(d) Bright light and cold air.

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

4. What skill does Sa' possess that she had forgotten?
(a) Hunting.
(b) Weaving.
(c) Carrying heavy burdens.
(d) Tracking.

5. How does Sa' feel when she sees the campsite where they had camped many years before?
(a) She is too tired to care.
(b) She has come home.
(c) She is exhausted.
(d) She is disappointed.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Chi'idzigyaak pretend to be asleep on the fifth morning?

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

3. What does not arrive in the morning because of the time of year?

4. What negative factor does Sa' mention when they realize they have found the stream they were looking for?

5. With what do the women fill the sleeping area on their first night of travelling to keep themselves warm?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the group react to the chief's announcement that the two old women would be left behind?

2. What has hardship taught the two women and failed to teach the two women about each other?

3. What painful memories does Chi'idzigyaak recall?

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

5. Why does Sa' smile when Chi'idzigyaak notices that they have arrived at the creek, but are on the wrong side?

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

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

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

9. Why are the hunters always fed first?

10. What are the discomforts that the women notice most as they travel?

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