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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Brun decide to hunt mammoth, even though it is a risky undertaking?
(a) His lucky clan can afford the luxury of taking some time off to hunt mammoth.
(b) His hunters spy mammoth traveling farther south than usual.
(c) He wants to stockpile food for the winter following the Clan Gathering.
(d) He wants to present mammoth gifts to the Clan Gathering host.

2. What does Creb find in the cave that seals the Clan's acceptance of the space as their new home?
(a) Roe deer bones
(b) The skull of the cave bear
(c) A spring of clean water
(d) Hyena droppings

3. What painkilling bark does Iza give Ayla for her fever and painful scratches?
(a) Willow
(b) Cinnamon
(c) Cherry
(d) Oak

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

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

6. Who sends Ayla to get wood with the other children?
(a) Ebra
(b) Iza
(c) Aga
(d) Ona

7. How does Brun secretly feel about the news of Iza's baby's gender?
(a) Regretful
(b) Relieved
(c) Sorrowful
(d) Angry

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

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

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

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

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

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

14. What are the men doing when Ayla sees them in the clearing?
(a) Returning from a hunt
(b) Practicing with their weapons
(c) Having a sacred ceremony
(d) Making tools

15. What does Ayla remember Zoug saying about killing animals that are meat eaters?
(a) If you miss a meat eater with the sling, you can always follow up with a spear thrust.
(b) Meat eaters are the best food for winter.
(c) Animals like a lynx or larger are easy to kill with a sling.
(d) It is better to kill them with a sling because you do not have to get so close.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens while the women are preparing the mammoth for the journey home?

2. How tall is the woman leading the women?

3. What feature of Creb's hearth makes it especially ideal for him?

4. What does Droog give Ayla?

5. What does Iza use for a medicine bag?

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