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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Brun hesitate to give Ayla the death curse right away?
(a) He believes a death curse is a serious threat to the whole clan.
(b) He does not want to lose the novelty of the Woman Who Hunts to show off at the Clan Gathering.
(c) He does not want to anger Iza, since she is medicine woman.
(d) He does not want to anger Creb, since he is mog-ur.

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

3. What does Ayla do that reveals her secret skill?
(a) She kills a mammoth.
(b) She kills the hyena.
(c) She tracks Brac through the woods and finds him.
(d) She jumps into the stream and saves him from drowning.

4. Why does Brun reprimand Broud?
(a) Broud is being lazy.
(b) Broud is beating Vorn.
(c) Broud is taunting Ayla.
(d) Broud is pestering the women too much.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ayla do first when she sees Brun?

2. What is Ayla's punishment for her defiance?

3. What men stay behind to protect the cave?

4. What happens while the women are preparing the mammoth for the journey home?

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

(see the answer key)

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