1. Why does Creb want Brun to reconsider his decision?
(a) Creb worries that cursing Ayla will anger the spirits.
(b) Creb worries that they will be without a medicine woman soon if Ayla dies.
(c) Creb is deformed and Ayla's role model.
(d) Creb argues that Ayla will take pieces of Brac's and Ona's spirit with her if she dies.

2. How does Ayla believe she has made the right decision about learning to hunt?
(a) She tells Creb, and he agrees with her rationalization.
(b) She finds a strange fossil, which she believes is a sign from her totem.
(c) She has a vision from Ursus.
(d) She finds an abandoned wolf pup, which reminds her of the delicate balance of life.

3. What happens when Iza goes out to get a root to help prevent miscarriage for Ayla?
(a) Ayla loses the baby anyway.
(b) Iza breaks her leg while she is gone.
(c) Iza comes back sick from her consumptive lung disease.
(d) Uba helps Ayla rest and recover.

4. What does Iza believe about Ayla's future?
(a) She believes that Ayla will leave the clan when Broud becomes leader.
(b) She believes that Ayla will have no status because she is ugly and will not have a mate.
(c) She believes that Ayla will be one of the best medicine women because she has a gift.
(d) She believes that Ayla will be mated to a clan leader.

5. What do the clan members see on the way to the Clan Gathering?
(a) A cave lion
(b) A mammoth
(c) A cave bear
(d) A wooly rhinoceros