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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) Nowhere
(b) In the boundaries of the fire only
(c) Only outside the cave
(d) Anywhere

2. What does Iza give Ayla before the mammoth hunt?
(a) An amulet
(b) A special carrying basket
(c) Her own otter-skin medicine bag
(d) A new wrap

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

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

5. Why does Brun decide to hunt mammoth, even though it is a risky undertaking?
(a) His lucky clan can afford the luxury of taking some time off to hunt mammoth.
(b) He wants to stockpile food for the winter following the Clan Gathering.
(c) He wants to present mammoth gifts to the Clan Gathering host.
(d) His hunters spy mammoth traveling farther south than usual.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Creb name the baby?

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

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

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

5. Why does Brun reprimand Broud?

(see the answer key)

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