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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 23.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Why does Brun reprimand Broud in the clearing?
(a) For lashing out at Zoug in anger
(b) For messing up the ceremony
(c) For trying to teach Vorn to use the sling
(d) For being lazy

4. What does Ayla find to make her believe she made the right decision?
(a) A piece of red ochre
(b) A small fossilized sea animal
(c) A piece of iron pyrite
(d) A cave lion track

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Ayla take Uba to Oga for nursing?

2. Why does Iza believe her healing magic will work on the child of the Others?

3. What is the name of the man from the legend who leaves his clan instead of waiting for the Mog-ur with the rest of the people?

4. What does the ceremony make Ayla?

5. Who warns Ayla that she will die if she forces the clan to accept her child?

(see the answer key)

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