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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

2. Where do the lion's claws mark the girl with four parallel gashes?
(a) Her left thigh
(b) Her left arm
(c) Her back
(d) Her right thigh

3. How tall is the woman leading the women?
(a) Four and a half feet
(b) Six and a half feet
(c) Three and a half feet
(d) Five and a half feet

4. Where does the clan allow gestures of affection?
(a) Anywhere
(b) In the boundaries of the fire only
(c) Nowhere
(d) Only outside the cave

5. How many members does the clan have after losing some in the earthquake?
(a) Twelve
(b) Six
(c) Fifty
(d) Twenty

6. Who is the Clan's spiritual leader?
(a) Creb
(b) Grod
(c) Broud
(d) Brun

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

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

9. 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?
(a) Durc
(b) Storm
(c) Ursus
(d) Dorv

10. What does Iza make for Ayla, meaning that Ayla will become one of the clan?
(a) An amulet
(b) Shoes
(c) A medicine bag
(d) A lynx coat

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

12. When is the book set?
(a) Less than 6,000 years ago
(b) Less than 1,000 years ago
(c) More than 50,000 years ago
(d) At least 25,000 years ago

13. What else does the girl do as she runs away from the terrifying earthquake?
(a) She stops to cry for her mother.
(b) She stops to play with pebbles by the stream.
(c) She stops to drink from the stream when thirsty or for a feeling of fullness when hungry.
(d) She stops to nap during the day.

14. Why does Broud constantly harass Ayla?
(a) He wants to make her pay for threatening his manhood.
(b) It is his way of teasing her because he likes her.
(c) He wants to prove to Brun that he will make a good leader.
(d) He wants to gain respect of his mate, Oga.

15. What does Ayla find when she is looking for a place to practice her sling skills?
(a) A small cave
(b) Men of the Others
(c) A large supply of fresh flint
(d) An abandoned baby

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Iza stay at Creb's hearth?

2. What does Ayla do when Creb reprimands her that worries him?

3. How does Ayla survive the attack after the sling misses it's mark?

4. What does Droog give Ayla?

5. Why does Iza decide to teach Ayla medicine?

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