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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 16.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Creb find in the cave that seals the Clan's acceptance of the space as their new home?
(a) Roe deer bones
(b) Hyena droppings
(c) The skull of the cave bear
(d) A spring of clean water

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

4. How long does Brun decide to make the death curse?
(a) One year
(b) One week
(c) One moon
(d) One quarter

5. How does Ayla act towards Broud after the beating?
(a) She begins a campaign of petty insolence.
(b) She scurries in fear to meet his every need.
(c) She laughs at him.
(d) She treats him with earned respect.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Droog allow Ayla to watch him make the tools for the mammoth hunt?

2. Why does Iza stop working while the women are winnowing grain?

3. What does Iza do with Ayla's belongings?

4. What happens while the clan is herding the fish into the net?

5. What does Ayla do at the sea that no one else knows how to do?

(see the answer key)

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