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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 21.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does the clan allow gestures of affection?
(a) Anywhere
(b) Nowhere
(c) Only outside the cave
(d) In the boundaries of the fire only

2. What happens while the women are preparing the mammoth for the journey home?
(a) Brac gets too close to the herd and is trampled by mammoth.
(b) A hyena grabs Brac and carries him off.
(c) Brac wanders off and gets lost.
(d) Brac falls into the rushing stream and nearly drowns.

3. What does Creb name the baby?
(a) Brun
(b) Durc
(c) Grev
(d) Creb

4. What is Ayla's punishment for her defiance?
(a) The woman's curse - isolation to Creb's hearth for one moon
(b) She is never allowed to hunt again.
(c) She is not allowed to go to the Clan Gathering.
(d) The full death curse for one moon

5. How does Broud accept the baby?
(a) Broud is spiteful, thinking of a way to hurt the baby.
(b) Brun has to order Broud to accept the baby.
(c) Broud is happy to accept the baby, realizing it is his child.
(d) Broud is resigned to whatever the clan decides.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ayla do when Creb reprimands her that worries him?

2. Why does Brun decide to hunt mammoth, even though it is a risky undertaking?

3. What men stay behind to protect the cave?

4. Why does Oga stop being friends with Ayla?

5. What does Ayla decide to do with her sling while on the mammoth hunt trip?

(see the answer key)

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