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The Valley of Horses: A Novel Quiz

Jean M. Auel
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The Valley of Horses: A Novel Quiz

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1)

What did Thonolan perceive the pretty girl to be? (from Chapters 7-9)

All of these.
A goddess.
An angel.
A donii.
2)

What, more than ever, made Jondalar suspect Ayla was a donii? (from Chapters 27-29)

When Ayla midwifed Whinney.
When Baby returned and she had control over him.
When Ayla called birds to her hands.
When Ayla rode Baby.
3)

When did Ayla realize that Whinney had gone where Ayla wanted her to go? (from Chapters 10-12)

When she flushed a giant hamster.
When she flushed a ptarmigan.
When she got Whinney to jump a creek.
None of these.
4)

What did Ayla use on her hair? (from Chapters 7-9)

A brush.
A comb.
All of these.
A teasel.
5)

What thickens the stew that Tholie brought with her? (from Chapters 10-12)

Flour.
Potatoes.
Seaweed.
Tubers.
6)

What was the first animal Baby killed? (from Chapters 13-15)

A deer.
A hare.
A ptarmigan.
A grouse.
7)

What was the donii that Jondalar was making for Ayla made out of? (from Chapters 27-29)

Soapstone.
Wood.
Marble.
Mammoth ivory.
8)

What holds a part of Ayla's spirit? (from Chapters 27-29)

The donii Jondalar carved.
Ayla's amulet.
Both of these.
Neither of these.
9)

What did Ayla want to know from her cave lion totem? (from Chapters 13-15)

Why she had been cast out of the Clan.
Why she had been given the animals as companions.
If she would ever find the Others.
Why the cub was sent to her.
10)

What did Ayla rely on when night fell? (from Chapters 10-12)

The stars to guide her back to her cave.
Whinney's speed.
Whinney's instincts.
Whinney's protection.
11)

What does Jondalar promise Ayla? (from Chapters 20-22)

That he won't touch her again.
That he will leave her alone.
That he won't go after her again.
That he won't bother her again.
12)

What had Jondalar forgotten he had lost? (from Chapters 13-15)

His knife.
His hooks.
His tool belt.
His fire making set.
13)

Who was the woman that Jondalar was seeing? (from Chapters 10-12)

Serenia.
Serenio.
Serinio.
Sereneo.
14)

What did Ayla use that wasn't a part of Jondalar's kit? (from Chapters 23-26)

A foot bone of a mammoth.
All of these.
An antler chisel.
A hammer stone.
15)

What made Ayla grateful for the height of her cave? (from Chapters 7-9)

The summer fires.
The nearness of the cave lions.
All of these.
The spring floods.
16)

What made Whinney nervous? (from Chapters 20-22)

The smell of the strange man in the cave.
None of these.
The smell of blood within the cave.
Ayla's attention elsewhere.
17)

How did Jondalar notice Ayla handle the pouch around her neck? (from Chapters 23-26)

Both of these.
Neither of these.
With reverence.
As he would hold a donii.
18)

Who does Jondalar love uninhibitedly? (from Chapters 16-19)

All of these.
Darvo.
Thonolan.
Serenio.
19)

What was the texture of Jondalar's face? (from Chapters 27-29)

Like sand.
Like a lion's tongue.
Like the horse's tongue.
Like coarse wood.
20)

Who else had Jondalar told about Zolena? (from Chapters 27-29)

Thonolan.
No one.
Dalanar.
Serenio.
21)

What had the lionesses brought down? (from Chapters 13-15)

Six deer.
A young mammoth.
A rhino in it's prime.
An old mammoth.
22)

What did Thonolan do that dismissed an obligation? (from Chapters 16-19)

He hunted every day Jondalar was in recovery.
Both of these.
Neither of these.
Thonolan helped with everything.
23)

What did Jondalar have to prove to himself before he would mate Serenio? (from Chapters 13-15)

That he could be the best flint knapper.
That he could make bilberry wine like Jetamio.
That he could be Sharamudoi, both Ramudoi and Shamudoi.
That he would dedicate his life to her.
24)

What did Jondalar realize Ayla was trying to ask of him? (from Chapters 20-22)

Where he had come from.
How he came to her valley.
How to speak.
Whether or not he liked her.
25)

What had become a foregone luxury? (from Chapters 7-9)

Washing.
Teas.
Fresh greens.
Easily filled waterbags.
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