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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Broud have to do to prove he is now a man?
(a) Withstand a manhood ritual
(b) Make a spear
(c) Spend a week alone away from the clan
(d) Make his first kill

2. What does Iza think is a usually a problem for women delivering babies?
(a) The babies' heads are too large.
(b) The babies are born too soon.
(c) Not enough females are born.
(d) Not enough males are born.

3. What most influences the leader to let Iza help the girl?
(a) Iza's request to help the girl
(b) Fear of upsetting his sibling
(c) Fear of angering the spirits and ruining the cave ceremony
(d) His opinion that the girl will probably die anyway

4. Iza is old for her first pregnancy. How old is she?
(a) 35
(b) 42
(c) 11
(d) 20

5. Why does Ayla go out alone?
(a) To forage for food
(b) To spy on the men
(c) To collect cherry bark for Iza
(d) To get away from the clan

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Ayla start paying attention to Zoug?

2. What must happen for Iza to stay at Creb's hearth?

3. What painkilling bark does Iza give Ayla for her fever and painful scratches?

4. What happens once she leaves the cave?

5. What does the hunt indicate to the clan about the cave?

(see the answer key)

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