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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the chief believe would have been worse for The People than hunger during the harsh winter?

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

3. After they have cached enough food, what are the women still afraid of?

4. What had the women done to their previous camp that revealed they had been there?

5. What does Shruh Zhuu tell Chi'idzigyaak that Ozhii Nelii is feeling?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why would it be difficult to see from a distance that Sa' was an old woman?

2. How has the chief's decision to leave the women behind affected him since?

3. Why does Daagoo believe the birch bark was stripped from the trees by the two women?

4. What methods do the women use to protect themselves from mosquitoes?

5. Why is Ch'idzigyaak afraid when The People first come to visit the two women?

6. Where do the women decide to go to protect themselves from others as the weather warms?

7. What surprises Daagoo during his first conversation with the two women?

8. What condition are The People in when they arrive at the camp where they had abandoned the two women?

9. Why does the sense that the old women might be alive offer so much hope to The People?

10. What does Shruh Zhuu do with the two old women each day?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In this story, the author has to find many ways to convey the idea of cold. In your essay, find and detail as many ways as you can that the author used to convey the cold that the women experienced, including the sensory elements of sight, hearing, taste, touch, and smell.

Essay Topic 2

A legend is defined as a story that is realistic and may be based on fact. It is told and retold over generations because it has some general application to humanity as a whole. What is it about this story that has such impact that Velma Wallis was determined to spend years preparing it to be read by those outside the immediate social group, the Athabascans? Why does this story qualify as a legend?

Essay Topic 3

In even the smallest groups, such as families, political structures must exist. In your essay, explain the political structure by which decisions are made and power is allocated within The People.

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