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

2. Why does Creb reprimand Ayla?
(a) Ayla is pestering Iza too much.
(b) Ayla is drawing counting marks in the sand.
(c) Ayla is being lazy.
(d) Ayla is being discourteous by looking at other people's conversations.

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

4. Why does Oga stop being friends with Ayla?
(a) Oga realizes that Ayla is much younger than her, even though they are the same size.
(b) Oga will be mated to Broud, and Oga can see that Broud hates Ayla.
(c) Oga decides that Ayla is too tall and ugly.
(d) Brun makes her stop befriending the child of the Others.

5. Why does Iza stop working while the women are winnowing grain?
(a) Creb wants her to save her energy for a ceremony.
(b) She is dying.
(c) She must tend to a sick child.
(d) She goes into labor.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What men stay behind to protect the cave?

3. What does Ayla do that reveals her secret skill?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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