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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens once she leaves the cave?
(a) She meets people.
(b) She passes out.
(c) She is afraid of the carrion birds.
(d) The lion returns and chases her back into the cave.

2. What idea does Ayla get when thinking about the attack?
(a) She decides that she is ready for larger game.
(b) She decides that she cannot hunt meat eaters after all.
(c) She decides to learn to use the bola instead.
(d) She decides to try to learn to fling two stones from the sling in quick succession.

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

4. What does Broud offer to make Vorn?
(a) A spear
(b) A bow
(c) A sling
(d) A bola

5. How does Iza transport the unconscious girl?
(a) In a leather carrying cloak on her hip
(b) On her back
(c) The men carry her
(d) On a stretcher

6. What is the girl doing before the earthquake?
(a) Playing with a friend
(b) Eating
(c) Running
(d) Swimming

7. What does Ayla decide to do with her sling while on the mammoth hunt trip?
(a) Leave it at her secret cave
(b) Hide it deep in the folds of her wrap
(c) Wear it as a headband
(d) Leave it at the bottom of her carrying basket

8. Who is Brun's mate?
(a) Ebra
(b) Aga
(c) Ona
(d) Oga

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

10. What does Ayla try to kill with the sling and miss?
(a) A lynx
(b) A hyena
(c) A wolverine
(d) A wolf

11. How long does the girl stay in the cave?
(a) All day, that night, and most of the next day
(b) A month
(c) A week
(d) Three days

12. Why does another lion chase the girl?
(a) The small girl is a perfect meal for the lions.
(b) The lion's kill is threatened.
(c) The girl ventures too close to the newborn lion cubs.
(d) The mother lion wants weak prey for her cubs to learn to kill.

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

14. What men stay behind to protect the cave?
(a) Grod and Brun
(b) Zoug and Dorv
(c) Creb and Goov
(d) Broud and Vorn

15. Why does Iza take Ayla to the other women?
(a) She must see the Mog-ur to prepare for the ceremony.
(b) Brun does not want Iza to get too attached to the child of the Others.
(c) She must collect the sacred roots for the ceremony.
(d) She is worried Ayla will not be accepted.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is destined to be Broud's mate?

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

3. What ceremony does Brun hope to include in the cave ceremony celebration?

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

5. Who is Broud and Oga's son?

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